Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to uncomb
Participle: uncombed
Gerund: uncombing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | uncomb |
| you | uncomb |
| he;she;it | uncombs |
| we | uncomb |
| you | uncomb |
| they | uncomb |
Perfect
| I | have uncombed |
| you | have uncombed |
| he;she;it | has uncombed |
| we | have uncombed |
| you | have uncombed |
| they | have uncombed |
Past
| I | uncombed |
| you | uncombed |
| he;she;it | uncombed |
| we | uncombed |
| you | uncombed |
| they | uncombed |
Pluperfect
| I | had uncombed |
| you | had uncombed |
| he;she;it | had uncombed |
| we | had uncombed |
| you | had uncombed |
| they | had uncombed |
Future
| I | will uncomb |
| you | will uncomb |
| he;she;it | will uncomb |
| we | will uncomb |
| you | will uncomb |
| they | will uncomb |
Future Perfect
| I | will have uncombed |
| you | will have uncombed |
| he;she;it | will have uncombed |
| we | will have uncombed |
| you | will have uncombed |
| they | will have uncombed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | uncomb |
| you | uncomb |
| he;she;it | uncomb |
| we | uncomb |
| you | uncomb |
| they | uncomb |
Perfect
| I | have uncombed |
| you | have uncombed |
| he;she;it | have uncombed |
| we | have uncombed |
| you | have uncombed |
| they | have uncombed |
Imperfect
| I | uncombed |
| you | uncombed |
| he;she;it | uncombed |
| we | uncombed |
| you | uncombed |
| they | uncombed |
Pluperfect
| I | had uncombed |
| you | had uncombed |
| he;she;it | had uncombed |
| we | had uncombed |
| you | had uncombed |
| they | had uncombed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would uncomb |
| you | would uncomb |
| he;she;it | would uncomb |
| we | would uncomb |
| you | would uncomb |
| they | would uncomb |
Perfect
| I | would have uncombed |
| you | would have uncombed |
| he;she;it | would have uncombed |
| we | would have uncombed |
| you | would have uncombed |
| they | would have uncombed |
Imperative
| you | uncomb |
| we | Let's uncomb |
| you | uncomb |
Verbs conjugated like 'uncomb'
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 'uncomb'
untomb,
comb,
entomb,
enwomb,
intomb,
inwomb,
recomb,
subcomb,
uncamp,
uncoat,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From un- + comb.
Sample Sentences
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While I eat the popcorn, Loretta uncombs the “set” on her hairpiece. [1974, Cosmopolitan - Volume 177, page 98:]
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I decided to uncomb my hair and put on baggy pants and a dirty shirt and apply for food stamps. [1988, Hunger in America:]
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The wind neither moves, nor spreads, nor even uncombs her hair in rapid flight. [1995, Calíope:]
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Your hands warm as Summer feel for my hair to uncomb it and hide your lips within a kiss. [2013, Antonia Dalpiaz, Enventarse Na Vita/To Invent a Life, →ISBN:]
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She was dishevelled in attire; her stocking was down at heel like a stage Hamlet's ; her beautiful thick flaxen hair had burst all restraint, and tumbled about face, and neck, and shoulders with utter recklessness— I notice that hair always seems to uncomb, and unconfine, and ruffle itself in emotional situations— great tears hung on as long as they could to her beautiful eyelashes, and then dropped, tired out, on to her slate; [1860, Chambers's Journal - Volume 33, page 257:]
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She began to uncomb her hair which fell in masses on her shoulders. [1899, William Romaine Paterson, Siren City, page 170:]
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Mary Ann uncombs her hair and lets it hang loose, down her back; her neck is wet and the hair seems heavier. [1974, Alice Hoffman, Honey and Palms Promised, page 62:]
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Its oscillating motion rakes the cotton to uncomb it for uniform feeding to conveyorized dryer at right of photo [1963, George Worthington, Factory - Volume 121, page 151:]
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Listen to the roar of the Falls, the overwhelming roar of the people, and try to uncomb some of the many threads that make up the great, unstable river of language. [1992, William Carlos Williams Review - Volumes 18-19, page 81:]
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Her tangled hair would take a magician to uncomb. [2015, Virginia Gavian Rivers, Prelude to Genocide: Incident in Erzerum, →ISBN:]
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And anyway, if they knew that we were merely trying to uncomb the almighty bird's nest which has established itself, Winehouse-like, at the base of our skull, where our hairline and our neck merge, they'd be so disappointed. [2015, Polly Vernon, Hot Feminist, →ISBN:]