durchkämmen — 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.
• scour verb To clean something thoroughly by rubbing it hard, often with an abrasive.

Senses

durchkämmen is used for these senses in English:

• comb (transitive) To search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb.
• rake (ambitransitive, figurative) To search through (thoroughly).
• scour (transitive) To search an area thoroughly.

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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