kemb

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English kemben, from Old English cemban, from Proto-West Germanic *kambijan, from Proto-Germanic *kambijaną (to comb). Cognate with Dutch kemmen (to comb), German kämmen (to comb), Icelandic kemba (to comb; card; debug).

Verb

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kemb (third-person singular simple present kembs, present participle kembing, simple past and past participle kembed or kempt)

  1. Obsolete form of comb.

Noun

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kemb (plural kembs)

  1. Obsolete form of comb.