Definitions for scent
sɛntscent

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. aroma, fragrance, perfume, scentnoun

   a distinctive odor that is pleasant

2. scentnoun

   an odor left in passing by which a person or animal can be traced

3. olfactory property, smell, aroma, odor, odour, scentverb

   any property detected by the olfactory system

4. odorize, odourise, scentverb

   cause to smell or be smelly

5. scent, nose, windverb

   catch the scent of; get wind of

   "The dog nosed out the drugs"

6. perfume, scentverb

   apply perfume to

   "She perfumes herself every day"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. scentnoun

   A distinctive odour or smell.

2. scentnoun

   An odour left by an animal that may be used for tracing.

   The dogs lost the scent.

3. scentnoun

   The sense of smell.

   I believe the bloodhound has the best scent of all dogs.

4. scentnoun

   A perfume.

5. scentnoun

   Any trail or trace that can be followed to find something or someone.

6. scentverb

   to detect the scent of

   The hounds scented the fox in the woods.

7. scentverb

   to impart an odour to

   Scent the air with burning sage before you begin your meditation.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. SCENTnoun

   Etymology: sentir, to smell, French.

   1. The power of smelling; the smell.

   A hunted hare treads back her mazes, crosses and confounds her former track, and uses all possible methods to divert the scent. Isaac Watts, Improvement of the Mind.

   2. The object of smell; odour good or bad.

   Belman cried upon it at the meerest loss,
   And twice to-day pick’d out the dullest scent. William Shakespeare.

   The plague, they report, hath a scent of the smell of a mellow apple. Francis Bacon.

   Good earth, newly turned up, hath a freshness and good scent. Francis Bacon.

   Good scents do purify the brain,
   Awake the fancy, and the wits refine. Davies.

   Partake
   The season, prime for sweetest scents and airs. John Milton.

   Exulting, ’till he finds their nobler sense
   Their disproportion’d speed does recompense;
   Then curses his conspiring feet, whose scent
   Betrays that safety which their swiftness lent. John Denham.

   Chearful health,
   His duteous handmaid, through the air improv’d,
   With lavish hand diffuses scents ambrosial. Matthew Prior.

   3. Chace followed by the smell.

   He gained the observations of innumerable ages, and travelled upon the same scent into Æthiopia. William Temple.

2. To Scentverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To smell; to perceive by the nose.

   So scented the grim feature, and upturn’d
   His nostrils wide into the murky air,
   Sagacious of his quarry from so far. John Milton, Par. Lost.

   2. To perfume; or to imbue with odour good or bad.

   Balm, from a silver box distill’d around,
   Shall all bedew the roots, and scent the sacred ground. Dryd.

   He spies
   His op’ning hounds, and now he hears their cries;
   A gen’rous pack, or to maintain the chace,
   Or snuff the vapour from the scented grass. Addison.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Scentverb

   to perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to scent game, as a hound does

2. Scentverb

   to imbue or fill with odor; to perfume

3. Scentverb

   to have a smell

4. Scentverb

   to hunt animals by means of the sense of smell

5. Scentnoun

   that which, issuing from a body, affects the olfactory organs of animals; odor; smell; as, the scent of an orange, or of a rose; the scent of musk

6. Scentnoun

   specifically, the odor left by an animal on the ground in passing over it; as, dogs find or lose the scent; hence, course of pursuit; track of discovery

7. Scentnoun

   the power of smelling; the sense of smell; as, a hound of nice scent; to divert the scent

8. Etymology: [Originally sent, fr. F. sentir to feel, to smell. See Sense.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Scent

   sent, v.t. to discern by the sense of smell: to perfume: to have some suspicion of.—v.i. to become odoriferous: to smell.—n. a perfume: odour: sense of smell: chase followed by the scent: course of pursuit: scraps of paper strewed on the ground by the pursued in the boys' game of hare and hounds.—ns. Scent′-bag, the pouch of an animal which secretes an odoriferous substance; Scent′-bott′le, a small bottle for holding perfume; Scent′-box.—adjs. Scent′ed, perfumed; Scent′ful, highly odoriferous: quick of scent: having a good nose, as a dog.—n. Scent′-gland, a glandular organ which secretes such substances as musk or castoreum.—adv. Scent′ingly, allusively: not directly.—adj. Scent′less, having no scent or smell: destructive of scent.—ns. Scent′-or′gan, a scent-gland; Scent′-vase, a vessel with a pierced cover designed to contain perfumes. [Fr. sentir—L. sentīre, to feel.]

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. scent

   A beautiful smell.

   The scent of aftershave or perfume can always make you feel happy.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 8, 2020  

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British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'scent' in Nouns Frequency: #2804

Anagrams for scent »

1. cents

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of scent in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of scent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of scent in a Sentence

1. Gwen Landt:

   Gwen Landt said. Gwen Landt added that Gwen Landt is trying to give tips to people on when its best to help these animals and when they should be left alone. Rescuers believe the beautiful fawn was separated from Gwen Landt mother and hit by a car which snapped her right back leg just below the hip bone. ( Credit : SWNS) When the mama is taking care of her baby, she leaves it in the ground and it curls up like a little croissant so the mother can go off and find food, she leaves the baby because it doesnt have any scent for a predator to detect. People often come across the baby deer and they think, Oh, it doesnt have a parent, Ill rescue it. But they should wait to see if the mother comes back.

2. The Dhammapada:

   Like a beautiful flower, full of colour but without scent, are the fine but fruitless words of him who does not act accordingly.

3. Sergeant Bryon Kelly:

   It did pick up the scent, but it also lost it, so we don’t know if that person got into a car or somehow got into an area where the dog was not able to track him.

4. Colin Grant:

   I love 3-D movies...that's exactly what it was like. you could be following a jet ski...they could add scent. They could add mist.

5. Dejan Stojanovic:

   Every scent is the sun’s scent.

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