toothcomb (English, verb)
expansion: toothcomb (third-person singular simple present toothcombs, present participle toothcombing, simple past and past participle toothcombed)
expansion: (British, transitive, sometimes proscribed)
Senses:
glosses: To use a toothcomb on (something).
tags: British
proscribed
rare
sometimes
transitive
glosses: To search (something) thoroughly.
tags: British
figuratively
proscribed
sometimes
transitive
Forms:
form: toothcombs
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: toothcombing
tags: participle
present
form: toothcombed
tags: participle
past
form: toothcombed
tags: past
form: tooth-comb
tags: alternative