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to cologne

7.4
To put a light-smelling liquid on your skin to smell nice
  • verb
  • /kəˈloʊn/
translation icon : ponerse colonia
  • After shaving, he colognes his neck every morning.

Examples

  • She quickly cologned her wrists for a fresh scent.

  • He cologned himself before leaving for the party.

  • He loves to cologne before going out.

  • She cologned herself before the party.

  • He cologned his neck to smell fresh during the event.

  • She cologned her wrists before meeting her friends for dinner.

  • Before heading out, he always colognes his shirt for a pleasant fragrance.

Synonyms

to scent
vsto cologne
37 3.3

To add a smell to something, usually a pleasant one

is for applying a fragrance directly to people rather than to objects
to perfume
vsto cologne
2 3.7

To put a pleasant smelling liquid on someone or something

is used specifically for putting fragrance on people rather than objects
to aromatize
vsto cologne
7.2

Fill the air with a pleasant smell from herbs or oils

is specifically about applying fragrance to people, not saturating space or materials

Antonyms

1.5

To move something or someone away from a place

Compounds

A light scented liquid that people put on their skin to smell pleasant

A light scented liquid people put on their skin to smell nice

A mint plant with leaves that smell of fresh citrus and that people use in cooking and for scent

How Strong

to douse
18 4.4
to cologne
7.4
to spritz
10 5.5

Surface Forms

cologne infinitive
cologned past
cologned past participle
cologning present participle
colognes third person singular

Etymology

Cologne as a verb comes from the noun cologne and simply means 'to put on cologne' or 'to use that light perfume', which is why we say someone 'colognes' themselves when they add that scent.