Scent

/sɛnt/ · noun

Meaning

A distinctive smell..

Definitions by Sense

1. A distinctive smell.
2. A smell left by an animal that may be used for tracing.
3. The sense of smell.
4. (chiefly uncountable) A substance (usually liquid) created to provide a pleasant smell.
5. (figuratively) Any trail or trace that can be followed to find something or someone, such as the paper left behind in a paperchase.
6. (obsolete) Sense, perception.
7. (transitive) To detect the scent of; to discern by the sense of smell.
8. (ambitransitive) To inhale in order to detect the scent of (something).

Example Sentences

the scent of flowers / of a skunk

to give off / release / exude a scent

to breathe in / inhale a scent

hunger and thirst at once, / Powerful perswaders, quick’nd at the scent / Of that alluring fruit,

The scent of these arm-pits is aroma finer than prayer,

Behind me the forest stood wrapped in mist, its scents still sleeping.

The air is thick with the unexpected scent of rain.

The dogs picked up / caught the scent but then quickly lost it.

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Word Forms

• scents
• sent
• scenting
• scented

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