Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to toothcomb
Participle: toothcombed
Gerund: toothcombing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | toothcomb |
| you | toothcomb |
| he;she;it | toothcombs |
| we | toothcomb |
| you | toothcomb |
| they | toothcomb |
Perfect
| I | have toothcombed |
| you | have toothcombed |
| he;she;it | has toothcombed |
| we | have toothcombed |
| you | have toothcombed |
| they | have toothcombed |
Past
| I | toothcombed |
| you | toothcombed |
| he;she;it | toothcombed |
| we | toothcombed |
| you | toothcombed |
| they | toothcombed |
Pluperfect
| I | had toothcombed |
| you | had toothcombed |
| he;she;it | had toothcombed |
| we | had toothcombed |
| you | had toothcombed |
| they | had toothcombed |
Future
| I | will toothcomb |
| you | will toothcomb |
| he;she;it | will toothcomb |
| we | will toothcomb |
| you | will toothcomb |
| they | will toothcomb |
Future Perfect
| I | will have toothcombed |
| you | will have toothcombed |
| he;she;it | will have toothcombed |
| we | will have toothcombed |
| you | will have toothcombed |
| they | will have toothcombed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | toothcomb |
| you | toothcomb |
| he;she;it | toothcomb |
| we | toothcomb |
| you | toothcomb |
| they | toothcomb |
Perfect
| I | have toothcombed |
| you | have toothcombed |
| he;she;it | have toothcombed |
| we | have toothcombed |
| you | have toothcombed |
| they | have toothcombed |
Imperfect
| I | toothcombed |
| you | toothcombed |
| he;she;it | toothcombed |
| we | toothcombed |
| you | toothcombed |
| they | toothcombed |
Pluperfect
| I | had toothcombed |
| you | had toothcombed |
| he;she;it | had toothcombed |
| we | had toothcombed |
| you | had toothcombed |
| they | had toothcombed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would toothcomb |
| you | would toothcomb |
| he;she;it | would toothcomb |
| we | would toothcomb |
| you | would toothcomb |
| they | would toothcomb |
Perfect
| I | would have toothcombed |
| you | would have toothcombed |
| he;she;it | would have toothcombed |
| we | would have toothcombed |
| you | would have toothcombed |
| they | would have toothcombed |
Imperative
| you | toothcomb |
| we | Let's toothcomb |
| you | toothcomb |
Verbs conjugated like 'toothcomb'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'toothcomb'
beachcomb,
dot-com,
dotcom,
honeycomb,
outcome,
photobomb,
tooth,
toothpick,
back-comb,
backcomb,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
The noun is derived from fine toothcomb, a rebracketing of fine-tooth comb. The verb is derived from the noun.
Sample Sentences
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8.15 am. Tooth-combed seven heads, had grand sport; mixed bag, measured one teaspoonful; cleanliness is next to godliness! [2013, Judith Lissauer Cromwell, “Nursing”, in Florence Nightingale, Feminist, Jefferson, N.C.; London: McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 234:]
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The flat was toothcombed for any trace of drugs.
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A number of locals, including Michael Fitzhubert and Albert Crundall, were already assisting the police in the careful toothcombing of the surrounding scrub. [1967, Joan Lindsay, Picnic at Hanging Rock, London: Vintage Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 50:]
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He also had one of his employees toothcomb the journals for other mentions of 44-79731 and she was able to find several more entries, including a notation that it was picked up from the depot at Villacoublay by the 407ᵗʰ FA Gp. in October of 1944. [2013 January 11, Paul Smith, “Provenance”, in Saving a Grasshopper, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, pages 68–69:]
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Curiously scouring, rummaging, searching … / Leaving no stone unturned. / Oddly seeking, hunting, sifting … / Shelves painstakingly toothcombed. [2014, Matthew James Dicken, Peace in Words: the First World War, 1914–1918, [United Kingdom?]: Contemporary Simplicity Publishing, →ISBN:]