perm
verb/pɜːm/
/pɜːrm/
[often passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they perm | /pɜːm/ /pɜːrm/ |
| he / she / it perms | /pɜːmz/ /pɜːrmz/ |
| past simple permed | /pɜːmd/ /pɜːrmd/ |
| past participle permed | /pɜːmd/ /pɜːrmd/ |
| -ing form perming | /ˈpɜːmɪŋ/ /ˈpɜːrmɪŋ/ |
- perm something to give somebody’s hair a perm
- to have your hair permed
- a shampoo for permed hair
Oxford Collocations DictionaryPerm is used with these nouns as the object:- hair
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