blonds

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of blond.

   A pair of blonds stood out among the dark-haired crowd.

   The casting director wanted three blonds for the front row.

   Note

   A plural that can count people, beers and shades alike. Blonds may be people with fair hair, pale golden beers, or several tones of the color itself, because the color noun is countable as well as uncountable. The color spoken of in general takes no plural. The adjective never does either, so blond hair stays blond however many heads it is on.

2. 2
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present indicative of blond.

   He blonds the actor's hair before every shoot.

   The colorist blonds each client's hair to a slightly different shade.

   Note

   A verb form that shares its spelling with the plural noun: a colorist blonds hair, and a casting director hires blonds. The verb is transitive, so it always takes an object. Someone blonds a client's hair; hair does not simply blond on its own. A singular subject in front of the word is the quickest way to tell the verb from the noun.

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