perfume
verb/ˈpɜːfjuːm/
/pərˈfjuːm/
[often passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they perfume | /ˈpɜːfjuːm/ /pərˈfjuːm/ |
| he / she / it perfumes | /ˈpɜːfjuːmz/ /pərˈfjuːmz/ |
| past simple perfumed | /ˈpɜːfjuːmd/ /ˈpɜːrfjuːmd/ |
| past participle perfumed | /ˈpɜːfjuːmd/ /ˈpɜːrfjuːmd/ |
| -ing form perfuming | /ˈpɜːfjuːmɪŋ/ /pərˈfjuːmɪŋ/ |
- perfume something (with something) (literary) (especially of flowers) to make the air in a place smell pleasant synonym scent
- The garden was perfumed with the smell of roses.
- One bloom has the power to perfume a whole room.
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- perfume something (with something) to put perfume in or on something
- She perfumed her bath with fragrant oils.
Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally denoting pleasant-smelling smoke from a burning substance, especially one used in fumigation): from French parfum (noun), parfumer (verb), from obsolete Italian parfumare, literally ‘to smoke through’.
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