Comb
Comb verb - To look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something.
Usage example: combed the library for the missing book
Hide
Hide verb - To put into a hiding place.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Another variant is to use a big brush comb and use the handle to hide a weapon or as a blade.
Source: Combat Haircomb -
Culhwch from the prose romance Culhwch and Olwen is tasked to hunt the boar for the magical scissors, comb and razor hidden in its hide, and he completes the challenge with the help of King Arthur and his warriors.
Source: Full-Boar Action
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Hide and Comb. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/comb/hide
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