Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To apply pomade to style hair.

    He pomaded his hair until it looked like a piece of shiny plastic.

    apply pomade to (hair)

  2. (historical, obsolete, transitive)Synonym of anoint, to apply ointment.

Origin

From French pommade, from Italian pomata (“ointment, pomade”), from pomo (“apple”) + -ata

From French pommade, from Italian pomata (“ointment, pomade”), from pomo (“apple”) + -ata (“-ade, -ate: forming nouns”), from Latin pōmum (“fruit, apple”). Doublet of pomatum, pomate, and pomace. Early pomades tended to be various kinds of fat mixed with apples for a more pleasing scent.

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Forms

pomades, pomading, pomaded, pomaded

regular · Lesson

Base formpomade · to pomade
3rd person singularpomades
Present participlepomading
Past simplepomaded
Past participlepomaded

Tenses

pomade · pomaded · will pomade · have pomaded

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypomade
he, she, itpomades

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave pomaded
he, she, ithas pomaded

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill pomade

Past simpleLesson

all personspomaded

Synonyms

4 synonyms
(obsolete)Synonym of anoint, to apply ointment:anointpomateto apply ointment
all senses:pomatum

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
polynomialpolyphonicpolytechnicpomegranatepomelopomp

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