Meaning of uncomb | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To reverse the effect of combing; to muss.
2. To remove a backcomb from.
3. To comb out; to disentangle.

Examples

“While I eat the popcorn, Loretta uncombs the “set” on her hairpiece.”

“I decided to uncomb my hair and put on baggy pants and a dirty shirt and apply for food stamps.”

“The wind neither moves, nor spreads, nor even uncombs her hair in rapid flight.”

“Your hands warm as Summer feel for my hair to uncomb it and hide your lips within a kiss.”

“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;”

“She began to uncomb her hair which fell in masses on her shoulders.”

“Mary Ann uncombs her hair and lets it hang loose, down her back; her neck is wet and the hair seems heavier.”

“Its oscillating motion rakes the cotton to uncomb it for uniform feeding to conveyorized dryer at right of photo”

“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.”

“Her tangled hair would take a magician to uncomb.”

“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.”

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