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Definitions of scent
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catch the scent of; get wind of; " The dog nosed out the drugs"
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To perceive by smell.
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To perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to scent game, as a hound does.
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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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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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Odour; sense of smell; chase followed by the scent; course of pursuit; track.
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Odor; sense of smell.
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Odor: sense of smell: chase followed by the scent: course of pursuit.
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a distinctive odor that is pleasant
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To perceive by the smell; give an odor to.
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That which proceeds from a body and affects the olfactory nerves; smell, good or bad; perfume; odour; course of pursuit; track.
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To have a smell.
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An odor; the sense of smell.
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Smell; hence, to get a hint or intimation of; as, to scent trouble; perfume.
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To imbue or fill with odor; to perfume.
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To discern by the sense of smell: to perfume.
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apply perfume to; " She perfumes herself every day"
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any property detected by the olfactory system
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To perceive by the olfactory nerves; to smell; to perfume.
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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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The power of smelling; the sense of smell; as, a hound of nice scent; to divert the scent.
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cause to smell or be smelly
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To smell; to perfume.
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To hunt by scent, as dogs.
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To hunt animals by means of the sense of smell.
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To render odorous; perfume.
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an odor left in passing by which a person or animal can be traced
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To hunt animals by the sense of smell.
Quotes of scent
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Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in the mountains.
– Diane Ackerman -
The good historian is like the giant of the fairy tale. He knows that wherever he catches the scent of human flesh, there his quarry lies.
– Marc Bloch -
A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses.
– Jean Cocteau -
I'm totally on a mission to find my signature scent but I'm too mercurial.
– Lexa Doig -
I've found a different way to scent the air: already it's a by -word for despair.
– Andrew Motion -
The scent of wine, oh how much more agreeable, laughing, praying, celestial and delicious it is than that of oil!
– Francois Rabelais -
The fabled musk deer searches the world over for the source of the scent which comes from itself.
– Ramakrishna -
Perhaps the old monks were right when they tried to root love out; perhaps the poets are right when they try to water it. It is a blood -red flower, with the color of sin; but there is always the scent of a god about it.
– Olive Schreiner -
I enjoy popping in to World Duty Free at the airport and trying out perfumes- I can never resist a new scent
– Lisa Snowdon -
I opened the large central window of my office room to its full on the fine early May morning. Then I stood for a few moments, breathing in the soft, warm air that was charged with the scent of white lilacs below.
– Angus Wilson
Usage examples for scent
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“ He would have given anything for a cigarette, but he did not wish to scent himself with tobacco. ”
– A Duet by A. Conan Doyle -
“ And now, having once found the scent Parozzi! ”
– The-Bravo-of-Venice-a-romance by Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory) -
“ The air is cold and still, and heavy with the scent of the Christmas trees brought from the forest for the pleasure of the children. ”
– Home Life in Germany by Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick -
“ You find how the senses are refreshed, when they meet with their suitable object; how a pleasant smell refresheth the scent how lively and beautiful colours are delightful to the eye. ”
– The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning -
“ The police have traced him to London; there the scent ends for the present. ”
– Roger Ingleton, Minor by Talbot Baines Reed -
“ It was a lovely July evening, and the air was delicate with the scent of the pinewoods. ”
– Humorous Ghost Stories by Dorothy Scarborough -
“ Once we were completely thrown off the scent ”
– The Big Otter by R.M. Ballantyne -
“ I would dearly have liked to smoke, but I rather fancied that the other man's nose would be sure to scent me out. ”
– The Lost Valley by J. M. Walsh -
“ If this man's tale were true, and it bore the impression of truth, then they had been on a false scent from the first. ”
– The Childerbridge Mystery by Guy Boothby -
“ I don't believe I have thought of the scent since. ”
– The Pillars of the House, V1 by Charlotte M. Yonge -
“ I, too, am fond of pretty clothes and nice scent ”
– The Wife and Other Stories by Anton Chekhov -
“ You mean you can scent him?" ”
– The Return of Tharn by Howard Carleton Browne -
“ The air was heavy with the scent of flowers. ”
– Ideala by Sarah Grand -
“ She wished our mother would let us use scent ”
– My Little Sister by Elizabeth Robins -
“ It was the scent of man, but yet a long way off. ”
– The Return of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs -
“ If Baltook did not scent them, that was no fault of his nose. ”
– Dusty Star by Olaf Baker -
“ Then it was no false scent ”
– The Clever Woman of the Family by Charlotte M. Yonge -
“ It did not take her long to scent a mystery. ”
– Blue Bonnet's Ranch Party by C. E. Jacobs Edyth Ellerbeck Read -
“ The scent was just the same. ”
– The Fat and the Thin by Emile Zola -
“ But the value of the offering is in the scent of the flower, and not in the beauty of its colour or form. ”
– India and the Indians by Edward F. Elwin
Rhymes for scent
- bendt, bent, bente, brent, cent, dement, dent, dente, descent, dissent, event, extent, fent, ferment, gent, ghent, indent, intent, invent, kent, lament, lent, meant, mente, misspent, pent, percent, present, prevent, relent, rent, repent, represent, resent, segment, sent, spent, stent, supplement, tashkent, tent, torment, trent, underwent, unsent, unspent, vent, went;
- accent, ascent, assent, augment, cement, consent, content;
- circumvent, discontent, malcontent, nonevent, occident, overspent, reinvent;
- misrepresent;