scent
/sɛnt/
noun
- 1
A distinctive odour or smell.
“the scent of a skunk”
- 2
An odour left by an animal that may be used for tracing.
“The dogs lost the scent.”
- 3
The sense of smell.
“I believe the bloodhound has the best scent of all dogs.”
- 4
A perfume.
- 5
Any trail or trace that can be followed to find something or someone, such as the paper left behind in a paperchase.
- 6
Sense, perception.
verb
- 1
To detect the scent of; to discern by the sense of smell.
“The hounds scented the fox in the woods.”
- 2
To have a suspicion of.
“I scented trouble when I saw them running down the hill towards me.”
- 3
To impart an odour to.
“Scent the air with burning sage before you begin your meditation.”
- 4
To have a smell.
- 5
To hunt animals by means of the sense of smell.
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