comb

kämmen

Especially of hair or fur, to groom with a toothed implement, especially a comb

• Tom combed back his hair.

  Tom kämmte sein Haar zurück.

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• Did you comb your hair?

  Hast du dir die Haare gekämmt?

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kämmen

To separate choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibersselten

kämmen

To search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a combselten

kämmen

To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as wavesselten

kämmen

To turn a vessel parallel to (the track of) (a torpedo) so as to reduce one's size as a targetselten