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to scent

to scent

37 3.3
To add a smell to something, usually a pleasant one
  • verb
  • /sɛnt/
translation icon : perfumar
  • The peach and apple trees were in bloom, and the air was scented with delicate sweetness.
  • scented products

This stuff I love it will scent up your entire house though.

Examples

  • Before him, the honeysuckle-scented air shimmered as he brought forth one of his flowers.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Our house was scented with all the good things my mother was cooking.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • This stuff I love it will scent up your entire house though.

    Taylor Wynn

  • And then he must pass the scented paper down the line so everyone can smell it and dream.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • New improved lemon-scented just out on the market and better than ever!

    Funny Lady (1975)

  • I gave my coffee guy a scented candle this year.

    A Bad Moms Christmas (2017)

  • Your lucky item is flower-scented bath salts!

    The Phone Book (2008)

  • They sell lavender-scented bath bombs.

    Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (2021)

  • A night breeze drifted through the windows, scented with roses; she saw in memory the rose on her shadow.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • She decided to scent the room with a lavender essential oil to create a calming atmosphere.

Synonyms

to perfume
vsto scent
2 3.7

To put a pleasant smelling liquid on someone or something

is more general used to give any particular smell rather than cosmetic ones
to pomander
vsto scent
  • Archaic
9.9

To make clothes or a room smell nice using a small scented ball

is the general action of adding a smell without requiring a specific device
to aromatize
vsto scent
7.2

Fill the air with a pleasant smell from herbs or oils

is about applying a fragrance rather than thoroughly filling something with smell
to odorize
vsto scent
  • Specialized
7.1

To give something a smell by adding a chemical

is generally about adding a pleasant fragrance rather than a chemical treatment

Phrasal Verbs

to scent out
5.6

To find something by smell or by careful searching

Compounds

balsam scent
6.8

A sweet, fresh, woody smell like fir or pine

How Scented

to scent
37 3.3
to spritz
10 5.5
to anoint
23 6.8

Surface Forms

scent infinitive
scented past
scented past participle
scenting present participle
scents third person singular

Etymology

The verb scent comes from Latin sentire 'to perceive' and is connected to sense, the idea of noticing something. So to scent something is to give it a smell that others can 'sense', for example when you put perfume on a scarf.