Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - perm

(perms, perming, permed) 1. If you have a perm, your hair is curled and treated with chemicals so that it stays curly for several months. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use permanent) N-COUNT 2. When a hair stylist perms someone’s hair, they curl it and treat it with chemicals so that it stays curly for several months. She had her hair permed. VERB: have n V-ed • permed ...dry, damaged or permed hair. ADJ