SCENT
\sˈɛnt], \sˈɛnt], \s_ˈɛ_n_t]\
Definitions of SCENT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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any property detected by the olfactory system
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cause to smell or be smelly
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an odor left in passing by which a person or animal can be traced
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catch the scent of; get wind of; "The dog nosed out the drugs"
By Princeton University
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any property detected by the olfactory system
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cause to smell or be smelly
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an odor left in passing by which a person or animal can be traced
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catch the scent of; get wind of; "The dog nosed out the drugs"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to scent game, as a hound does.
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To imbue or fill with odor; to perfume.
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To hunt animals by means of the sense of smell.
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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.
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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.
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The power of smelling; the sense of smell; as, a hound of nice scent; to divert the scent.
By Oddity Software
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To perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to scent game, as a hound does.
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To imbue or fill with odor; to perfume.
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To hunt animals by means of the sense of smell.
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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.
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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.
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The power of smelling; the sense of smell; as, a hound of nice scent; to divert the scent.
By Noah Webster.
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Odor; sense of smell; the odor which an animal leaves as it moves; hence, a track followed by means of this odor; a perfume.
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Smell; hence, to get a hint or intimation of; as, to scent trouble; perfume.
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To hunt animals by the sense of smell.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To discern by the sense of smell: to perfume.
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Odor: sense of smell: chase followed by the scent: course of pursuit.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To perceive by smell.
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To render odorous; perfume.
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To hunt by scent, as dogs.
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An odor; the sense of smell.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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