1.
[syn: kempt, tidy]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Kempt \Kempt\ (k[e^]mt; 215),
1. p. p. of Kemb; combed. --B. Jonson.
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2. Neatly kept; tidy. Opposite of unkempt.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Kemb \Kemb\ (k[e^]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kembed (k[e^]md) or
Kempt (k[e^]mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. Kembing.] [OE.
kemben, AS. cemban, fr. camb comb.]
To comb. [Obs.]
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His longe hair was kembed behind his back. --Chaucer.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
kempt
adj 1: (of hair) neat and tidy; "a nicely kempt beard" [syn:
kempt, tidy]