Definitions
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- adj. Having a pleasant aroma.
- v. Simple past tense and past participle of scent.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Imbued or permeated with perfume or fragrance; perfumed: as, Scented soap.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adj. (used in combination) having the odor of
- adj. having the sense of smell
- adj. filled or impregnated with perfume
- adj. having a natural fragrance
Etymologies
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Examples
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Better to be rubbed down in scented butter than to eat it.
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Also, I have a plug in scented oil right by the front door.
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Calling it 'rotten-cabbage-scented' is a little more accurate, but suggests that the scent was added after the fact, while in actuality, stench is a property of the mercaptan itself.
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"Ask him his name, please," she commands me, in French-scented English.
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At the sound he snorted with a sudden start that jerked him through the air from water to meadow, and his feet sank into the young velvet, while he pricked his ears and again scented the air.
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The gloss pots are described as "scented with the taste of timeless cocktails" but do not contain alcohol.
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a sensation of being smothered in scented swansdown.
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And you want to be sure to seize it, store it in scented linens, in carved and gilded coffers along with last May’s poppies,
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SPACE POPPIES: Refers to scented, flowered coordinates that are the by-products or the bouquets of the harmonics.
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POPPY- OR ROSE-SCENTED WISPS: Refers to scented, flowered coordinates that are the by-products or the bouquets of the harmonics.
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