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combing

combing

4.6
Hairs that come out when you brush hair or pet fur
  • noun
  • /ˈkoʊmɪŋ/
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  • He noticed a pile of combing on the dresser after brushing his long hair.
  • hair combing

Examples

  • The groom collected the dog's combing from the brush to avoid hair all over the house.

  • As one of the few who survived the "church-combing-out movement," Zu Shaojun continued to dedicate himself to God.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • After grooming, she carefully saved the combing from her cat to use for crafts.

How Thorough

combing
4.6
carding
  • Specialized
7.7

Surface Forms

combing singular
combs plural

Morphology

combing = comb (semi-transparent) = comb + ing

Formed from 'comb' + '-ing' but denotes the result (hairs or fibers removed) rather than the action, which may not be obvious to all learners.

Etymology

Combing can also mean the hairs or fibers a comb pulls out. It comes from the same idea of the tool comb, so 'combing' can mean the stuff the comb removes as well as the action.