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scent
[ sent ]
noun
- a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
the scent of roses.
- an odor left in passing, by means of which an animal or person may be traced.
- a track or trail as or as if indicated by such an odor:
The dogs lost the scent and the prisoner escaped.
- the sense of smell:
a remarkably keen scent.
- small pieces of paper dropped by the hares in the game of hare and hounds.
verb (used with object)
- to perceive or recognize by or as if by the sense of smell:
to scent trouble.
Synonyms: ,
- to fill with an odor; perfume.
verb (used without object)
- to hunt by the sense of smell, as a hound.
scent
/ ɛԳ /
noun
- a distinctive smell, esp a pleasant one
- a smell left in passing, by which a person or animal may be traced
- a trail, clue, or guide
- an instinctive ability for finding out or detecting
- another word (esp Brit) for perfume
verb
- tr to recognize or be aware of by or as if by the smell
- tr to have a suspicion of; detect
I scent foul play
- tr to fill with odour or fragrance
- intr (of hounds, etc) to hunt by the sense of smell
- to smell (at)
the dog scented the air
Derived Forms
- ˈԳٱԱ, noun
- ˈԳٱ, adjective
- ˈԳٱ, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- Գl adjective
- Գl·ness noun
- ԴDz·ԳĻ adjective
- dzܳȴԳ verb (used with object)
- v·ԳĻ adjective
- ܲ·ԳĻ adjective
- ɱ-ԳĻ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of scent1
Idioms and Phrases
see throw off , def. 3.Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Then she pulls out a fancy perfume bottle and wafts it under her nose, inhaling a chemical approximation of the scented flora surrounding them.
The scent of freshly baked bread drifts through the open-air stalls, mingling with the bright, green scent of just-picked herbs.
Foreman wallowed in the mud, hoping to throw off the scent of any dogs the police might be using in their pursuit, then lay still, thinking.
She hired cadaver dog trainers to track down her dog’s scent and paid people to help spread the word about him online and in Los Angeles County.
"There's a scent of betrayal in the air," one source close to the Ukrainian government said.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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