scent

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Synonyms: scant, scene, ascent, scend, spent, suent, scient, cent, stent, scena, scet

Antonyms: scant, scene, ascent, scend, spent, suent, scient, cent, stent, scena, scet

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Noun

1. A distinctive [[smell#Noun|smell]].
2. A smell left by an animal that may be used for [[trace#Verb|tracing]].
3. The [[sense]] of smell.
4. {{lb|en|chiefly|uncountable}} A [[substance]] (usually liquid) created to provide a pleasant smell.
5. {{lb|en|figuratively}} Any [[trail]] or [[trace]] that can be followed to find something or someone, such as the paper left behind in a [[paperchase]].
6. {{lb|en|obsolete}} [[sense|Sense]], [[perception]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To detect the scent of; to [[discern]] by the sense of smell.
2. {{lb|en|ambitransitive}} To [[inhale]] in order to detect the scent of (something).
3. {{lb|en|transitive|figurative}} To have a [[suspicion]] of; to [[detect]] the [[possibility]] of (something).
4. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[impart]] an odour to, to cause to have a particular smell.
5. {{lb|en|intransitive|obsolete}} To have a smell; {{lb|en|figuratively}} to give an [[impression]] (''of'' something).
6. To [[hunt]] animals by means of the sense of smell.

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