начёсывать

rare #54759

verbimperfective perfective is начеса́ть

1.
to backcomb, to tease (hair), to comb up
Она́ нача́сывает во́лосы, что́бы причёска была́ пышне́е.
She backcombs her hair to make it look fuller.
Of hair: comb it towards the roots to make it fuller.
2.
to card, to comb out (a quantity of)textiles
Ба́бушка ка́ждую весну́ нача́сывает пух с козы́.
Every spring Grandma combs out the down from the goat.
Of wool, down or fibre: comb out a certain amount.
3.
(rare) to scratch raw, to scratch until it bleeds, to injure by scratching
Не нача́сывай уку́с до кро́ви!
Don't scratch the bite until it bleeds!
Often with до крови 'until it bleeds'.

Conjugation

Imperative
ты
вы

Active present	начёсывающий	backcombing, teasing (hair), combing up
Active past	начёсывавший	who was combing, who was teasing (hair)
Passive present	начёсываемый	teased, backcombed
Passive past	-
Gerund present	начёсывая	while doing (present)
Gerund past	начёсывав начёсывавши	while doing (past)

Verb	Prefix	Meaning
вычёсывать	вы-	to comb out; to comb clean; to curry (a horse); to hackle (flax)
зачёсывать	за-	to comb back
начёсывать	на-	to backcomb; to card; to scratch raw
почёсывать	по-	to scratch periodically

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