причёсывать — meaning in English

English meaning

• coif noun A snug cap or hood that covered most of the head, common until the 1700s and later worn mainly by young children and women in the countryside.
• comb noun A flat toothed tool used for untangling, styling, or holding hair in place.

Senses

причёсывать is used for these senses in English:

• coif (transitive) To style or arrange hair.
• comb (transitive, especially of hair or fur) To groom with a toothed implement, especially a comb.

coif — full definition

1. noun A snug cap or hood that covered most of the head, common until the 1700s and later worn mainly by young children and women in the countryside.
2. noun A piece of chainmail armour worn to protect the head.
3. noun A formal head covering worn as part of official dress, for example by some English judges.

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.

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