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💈 A hair ointment 💈 To style hair
to pomade

to pomade

8.0
To put scented cream into hair to make it smooth and shiny
  • verb
  • /pəˈmeɪd/
translation icon : aplicar pomada
  • To achieve a sleek hairstyle, he pomaded his hair each morning, giving it a shiny texture.
  • pomaded hair

Examples

  • His shoes were always shined to a high brilliance, his nails were manicured, and his black hair, lightly pomaded and parted on the left, had that perfect kemptness that comes from getting a haircut every week.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • The detective had shaved to remove his usual five o'clock shadow and had even pomaded his hair so that it still looked wet from the shower along the edges of his knife-sharp part.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • He pomaded his hair carefully before the big event to ensure a polished look.

  • Before the photo shoot, the stylist pomaded the model's hair for a glossy finish.

Synonyms

to condition
vsto pomade
18 3.5

To put something on hair or leather to make it soft and shiny

is a styling use aimed at creating glossy smoothness rather than general care
to gel
vsto pomade
1 3.3

To put a jelly product into hair to hold it in place

focuses on making hair smooth and shiny rather than fixing shape
to mousse
vsto pomade
1 6.1

To put a light foamy hair product on damp hair to add volume

aims to make hair smooth and shiny rather than add volume

Antonyms

to remove
∞ 1.5

To move something or someone away from a place

to wash out
2 4.0

Make a color on clothes become lighter when you clean them

How Shiny

to pomade
8.0
to oil
42 4.1

Surface Forms

pomade infinitive
pomaded past
pomaded past participle
pomading present participle
pomades third person singular

Etymology

The verb pomade simply means to put pomade on your hair and comes from the same root pomum 'apple', since people once used apple-scented ointment on their hair. So to pomade your hair is to apply a shiny, often scented oil to make it smooth.