haravoida — meaning in English

English meaning

• comb noun A flat toothed tool used for untangling, styling, or holding hair in place.
• rake noun A garden tool with a row of teeth on a long handle, used to gather leaves or debris or to smooth soil.
• scrape verb To drag something rough or sharp across a surface, often removing a layer or leaving a mark.

Senses

haravoida is used for these senses in English:

• comb (transitive) To search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb.
• fine-tooth comb (figuratively) To search (something or somewhere) meticulously.
• rake To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake.
• rake (ambitransitive, figurative) To search through (thoroughly).
• rake (ambitransitive, also, figurative) To move (a beam of light, a glance with the eyes, etc.) across (something) with a long side-to-side motion; specifically (often, military) to use a weapon to fire at (something) with a side-to-side motion; to spray with gunfire.
• scrape (computing, transitive) To extract data by automated means from a format not intended to be machine-readable, such as a screenshot or a formatted web page.

comb — full definition

1. noun A flat toothed tool used for untangling, styling, or holding hair in place.
2. noun The fleshy red crest on top of a rooster's or hen's head.
3. noun The structure of six-sided wax cells bees build to store honey and raise their young; a honeycomb.
4. verb To groom hair or fur with a comb.
5. verb To search an area thoroughly and systematically.

rake — full definition

1. noun A garden tool with a row of teeth on a long handle, used to gather leaves or debris or to smooth soil.
2. verb To gather, smooth, or clear something using a rake or a similar sweeping motion.
3. verb To fire a weapon in a sweeping motion along the length of a target.
4. noun A backward slant, especially of a ship's mast or funnel, or of a theatre stage or seating.
5. noun A man who lives a reckless, self-indulgent, and often promiscuous lifestyle.

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