perfume
part of speech
noun (perfume, perfumes); verb (perfume, perfumes, perfumed — less common)
meaning for a pupil
1) A liquid with a nice strong smell that people put on their skin. tree →
2) A pleasant smell, like that of flowers. tree →
3) (verb) To give something a nice smell. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life, perfume is sprayed on the wrist or neck; in science, it shows how smells spread through air by diffusion — a smell sprayed in one corner soon reaches the whole room. In safety, perfume is not to drink and can sting eyes; some people are allergic to strong smells. Phrases: «a bottle of perfume», «wear perfume», «the perfume of roses».
examples
- Mum got a bottle of perfume for her birthday. tree →
- The perfume of the roses filled the garden. tree →
- The smell of the perfume spread across the room. tree →
- Don't spray perfume near your eyes. tree →
- Grandma's perfume smells of lavender. tree →
- Perfume is made from flowers, spices and other things. tree →
- The air was perfumed with honeysuckle. tree →
- Too much perfume can give people a headache. tree →
- Do you not smell the sweet perfume from flower and bush? tree →
note
Uncountable for the liquid in general («some perfume»), countable for kinds («French perfumes»). Similar: «scent», «fragrance»; men's perfume is often called «aftershave» or «cologne».
In the corpora
- Keepers sometimes spray perfume or spices in an enclosure, because new smells give cats something to explore, like a new toy.
- Maeve finds Mam's perfume and sprays it on her pillow; it smells like a hug.
- And thou shalt make of it incense, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.
- I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
- Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «perfume» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.