uncomb

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uncomb

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From un- + comb.

verb uncombs · uncombing · uncombed

To reverse the effect of combing; to muss. While I eat the popcorn, Loretta uncombs the “set” on her hairpiece.
To remove a backcomb from. 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 emotio
To comb out; to disentangle. Its oscillating motion rakes the cotton to uncomb it for uniform feeding to conveyorized dryer at right of photo

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@misc{uncomb_2026,
  title = {uncomb},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/uncomb},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}