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welshcomb

welshcomb is the alternative form of Welsh-comb.

Meaning of Welsh-comb

Verb

Welsh-comb (third-person singular simple present Welsh-combs, present participle Welsh-combing, simple past and past participle Welsh-combed)

  1. (idiomatic, informal, transitive) To comb (one's hair) with one's hand.
    • He took off his silk hat and, blowing out impatiently his bushy moustache, welshcombed his hair with raking fingers.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 7: Aeolus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 121

Verb capitalized: Welshcomb

Welshcomb (third-person singular simple present Welshcombs, present participle Welshcombing, simple past and past participle Welshcombed)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Welsh-comb.

Forms of welshcomb

third-person singular presentwelshcombs
present participlewelshcombing
past participlewelshcombed
pastwelshcombed
third-person singular presentWelshcombs
present participleWelshcombing
past participleWelshcombed
pastWelshcombed

Questions about welshcomb

What is welshcomb the alternative form of?
Welshcomb is the alternative form of Welsh-comb.
What part of speech is welshcomb?
Welshcomb is a verb.
What is the past tense of welshcomb?
The past tense of welshcomb is welshcombed.

Words near welshcomb in the dictionary

  1. Welshampton and Lyneal
  2. Welshans
  3. Welshanses
  4. Welshcake
  5. Welshcakes
  6. welshcomb
  7. welshcombed
  8. welshcombing
  9. welshcombs
  10. WelshE
  11. welshed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: welshcomb (page history and authors); Welshcomb (page history and authors); Welsh-comb (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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