scent > define

noun

• A distinctive odor that is pleasant.
  • synonyms: aroma, fragrance, perfume
• An odor left in passing by which a person or animal can be traced.
• Any property detected by the olfactory system.
  • synonyms: olfactory property, smell, aroma, odor, odour

verb

• Cause to smell or be smelly.
  • synonyms: odorize, odourise
• Catch the scent of; get wind of.
  • usage: "The dog nosed out the drugs"
  • synonyms: nose, wind
• Apply perfume to.
  • usage: "She perfumes herself every day"
  • synonyms: perfume

• (v.i.) To hunt animals by means of the sense of smell.
• (v.t.) To imbue or fill with odor; to perfume.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) The power of smelling; the sense of smell; as, a hound of nice scent; to divert the scent.
• (v.t.) To perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to scent game, as a hound does.
• (v.i.) To have a smell.
• (n.) 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.