Perm | Meaning Of Perm - Longman Dictionary

English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English 日本語 Español latino 한국어 perm From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Hair & beautypermperm1 /pɜːm $ pɜːrm/ noun [countable]    DCBa process in which you make straight hair curly by using chemicals, or hair that has been treated in this way SYN permanent American English  a very curly permExamples from the Corpusperm• Anyway, one day me and my mates were all going to a party so I decided to do a home perm.• To top it all I added a red and white ribbon to the crest of my perm.• Did you get a new perm?• Well a Optaform perm lotion was the applied. 4.• To do just that, he used Wella's Optaform perm on Anthea.• I have a soft perm every 3 to 4 months.• The newest, softest perms add body, waves or bouncy curls. Related topics: Hair & beauty, Leisurepermperm2 verb [transitive]    1 DCBto make straight hair curly by using chemicals  I’m going to have my hair permed.  her blonde permed hair2 British EnglishDL to choose and combine a number of football games from the list given in the football pools in order to try to win money —perming noun [uncountable]  a home perming kit→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusperm• Her hair is dyed black and permed.• Well, you know, I had my hair permed.• After perming, a neutraliser containing conditioning ingredients is applied to smooth the surface of the hair.• Once a year she gets her hair permed and once a year she buys face powder.• Most women think that their hair is not good enough and dye it or bleach it or perm it.• I had my hair permed last week.• They perm their hair, dress in Hawaiian shirts and drive huge Mercedes cars through narrow streets.Origin perm1 (1900-2000) PERMANENT WAVE Exercises Exercises

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Simple Form
Present
I, you, we, they	perm
he, she, it	perms
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Past
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	permed
Present perfect
I, you, we, they	have permed
he, she, it	has permed
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had permed
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will perm
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have permed
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Continuous Form
Present
I	am perming
he, she, it	is perming
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you, we, they	are perming
Past
I, he, she, it	was perming
you, we, they	were perming
Present perfect
I, you, we, they	have been perming
he, she, it	has been perming
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been perming
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be perming
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been perming
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