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po·made

(pō-mād′, -mäd′, pŏ-)

A perfumed ointment, especially one used to groom the hair.

tr.v. po·mad·ed, po·mad·ing, po·mades

To anoint with pomade.

[French pommade, from Italian pomata, from pomo, apple, from Late Latin pōmum; see pome.]

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pomade

(pəˈmɑːd; -ˈmeɪd)

(Hairdressing & Grooming) a perfumed oil or ointment put on the hair, as to make it smooth and shiny

(Hairdressing & Grooming) (tr) to put pomade on

Also called: pomatum

[C16: from French pommade, from Italian pomato (originally made partly from apples), from Latin pōmum apple]

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po•made

(pɒˈmeɪd, -ˈmɑd, poʊ-)

n., v. -mad•ed, -mad•ing. n.

1. a scented ointment, esp. for dressing the hair.

v.t.

2. to dress with pomade; apply pomade to.

[1555–65; earlier pommade < French < Italian pomata (so called because apples were orig. an ingredient) =pom(a) apple (< Latin; see pome) + -ata -ade¹]

pomade

Past participle: pomaded
Gerund: pomading

Imperative
pomade
pomade

Present
I pomade
you pomade
he/she/it pomades
we pomade
you pomade
they pomade

Preterite
I pomaded
you pomaded
he/she/it pomaded
we pomaded
you pomaded
they pomaded

Present Continuous
I am pomading
you are pomading
he/she/it is pomading
we are pomading
you are pomading
they are pomading

Present Perfect
I have pomaded
you have pomaded
he/she/it has pomaded
we have pomaded
you have pomaded
they have pomaded

Past Continuous
I was pomading
you were pomading
he/she/it was pomading
we were pomading
you were pomading
they were pomading

Past Perfect
I had pomaded
you had pomaded
he/she/it had pomaded
we had pomaded
you had pomaded
they had pomaded

Future
I will pomade
you will pomade
he/she/it will pomade
we will pomade
you will pomade
they will pomade

Future Perfect
I will have pomaded
you will have pomaded
he/she/it will have pomaded
we will have pomaded
you will have pomaded
they will have pomaded

Future Continuous
I will be pomading
you will be pomading
he/she/it will be pomading
we will be pomading
you will be pomading
they will be pomading

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been pomading
you have been pomading
he/she/it has been pomading
we have been pomading
you have been pomading
they have been pomading

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been pomading
you will have been pomading
he/she/it will have been pomading
we will have been pomading
you will have been pomading
they will have been pomading

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been pomading
you had been pomading
he/she/it had been pomading
we had been pomading
you had been pomading
they had been pomading

Conditional
I would pomade
you would pomade
he/she/it would pomade
we would pomade
you would pomade
they would pomade

Past Conditional
I would have pomaded
you would have pomaded
he/she/it would have pomaded
we would have pomaded
you would have pomaded
they would have pomaded

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Noun	1.	pomade - hairdressing consisting of a perfumed oil or ointment pomatum brilliantine - a pomade to make the hair manageable and lustrous hair grease, hair oil, hair tonic, hairdressing - a toiletry for the hair
Verb	1.	pomade - apply pomade to (hair) neaten, groom - care for one's external appearance; "He is always well-groomed"

Translations

pommade

pomade

[pəˈmɑːd] N → pomada f

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pomade

n → Pomade f

vt → mit Pomade einreiben

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po·made

n. pomada, sustancia medicinal semisólida para uso externo.

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"Shif'less!" said Miss Ophelia to herself, proceeding to tumble over the drawer, where she found a nutmeg-grater and two or three nutmegs, a Methodist hymn-book, a couple of soiled Madras handkerchiefs, some yarn and knitting-work, a paper of tobacco and a pipe, a few crackers, one or two gilded china-saucers with some pomade in them, one or two thin old shoes, a piece of flannel carefully pinned up enclosing some small white onions, several damask table-napkins, some coarse crash towels, some twine and darning-needles, and several broken papers, from which sundry sweet herbs were sifting into the drawer.

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She only felt a soft hand taking hers firmly, and she touched with her lips a white forehead, over which was beautiful light-brown hair smelling of pomade. When she looked up at him she was struck by his beauty.

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I rose next morning with a feeling of hopeful exhilaration, in spite of the disappointments already experienced; but I found the dressing of Mary Ann was no light matter, as her abundant hair was to be smeared with pomade, plaited in three long tails, and tied with bows of ribbon: a task my unaccustomed fingers found great difficulty in performing.

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He was turned out of his nice cabin, and packed in with his belongings to share that of Lieutenant Kurt, whose luck it was to be junior, and the bird-headed officer, still swearing slightly, and carrying strops and aluminium boot-trees and weightless hair-brushes and hand-mirrors and pomade in his hands, resumed possession.

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