ratisser meaning in English — comb, rake

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.

ratisser 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 (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.
rake To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake.

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

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

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