to perm
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- verb
- /pɜrm/
:
hacerse la permanente
- I had it permed.
- permed hair
- get it permed
- tightly permed
Examples
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The stylist recommended that he perm his straight hair to give it more volume and texture.
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When I stopped perming my hair, I discovered that it grew out in natural and relaxed curls.
Fiction book (1994) -
"No, it's just that I used to perm it before," she said.
Fiction book (2000) -
"I took the plunge," she said, "and had my hair cut and permed."
Fiction book (1995) -
My friend permed her 6-year-old's hair, and now her edges are gone and her hair is breaking off.
Blog text (2) -
Georgina has had her mouse-brown hair permed since you last saw her.
Fiction book (1996) -
"A new woman!" She pushed me in front of the full-length mirror and fussed with my newly permed, three-shades-lighter hair.
Fiction book (2002) -
Now her shoulder-length hair was permed in corkscrew curls that made her feel very grown-up.
Fiction book (1990) -
After spending hours at the salon, she decided to perm her hair for a wavy look.
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She wanted to perm her hair again, as the last treatment had left it beautifully curly.
Antonyms
How Curly
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Surface Forms
Etymology
The word perm is a short form of permanent, from the phrase permanent wave, which meant a curl that was made to 'remain'. So to perm your hair is to make curls that stay for a long time.