perfume

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   apply perfume to

   We perfume them every day.

2. 2
   verb

   fill or impregnate with an odor

   orange blossoms perfumed the air in the garden

3. 3
   noun

   A pleasant smell; the scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor.

   Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.

4. 4
   noun

   A substance created to provide a pleasant smell or one which emits an agreeable odor.

   She bought a perfume at the airport.

5. 5
   noun

   a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor

6. 6
   noun

   a distinctive odor that is pleasant

7. 7
   verb

   To apply perfume to; to fill or impregnate with a perfume; to scent.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French parfum, perfum. Doublet of parfum.