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scent
—scent /sent/
Ⅰ. noun
1. B2 [C] a pleasant natural smell:
» the scent of roses
Thesaurus+: ↑Smells and smelling
2. F0 [C] a smell produced by an animal that acts as a signal to other animals:
» The hounds had lost the scent of the fox near the river.
Thesaurus+: ↑Smells and smelling
3. F0 [C or U] a pleasant-smelling liquid that people put on their skin:
» a bottle of scent
→ SYNONYM PERFUME(Cf. ↑perfume)
Thesaurus+: ↑Toiletry and perfumes
Ⅱ. verb [T] ↑Verb Endings for scent
1. F0 If an animal scents something or someone, it knows they are there because it can smell them.
Thesaurus+: ↑Animal (non-human) behaviour
2. F0 If a person scents something, they have a feeling that they are about to experience it:
» Halfway through the match, the team could already scent victory.
Thesaurus+: ↑Predicting things and intuition
Macmillan:
▪ I. scent 1 UK [sent] US noun [singular scent plural scents] ★
1. [countable] a particular smell, especially a pleasant one
an apple with a rich flavour and scent
The sweet fresh scent of newly baked bread filled the house.
Thesaurus: pleasant smellshyponym
1a. [countable/uncountable] the smell that an animal or person has, which some animals can follow
pick up a scent (=start to follow a scent): Police tracker dogs picked up the man’s scent in the forest.
be on the scent (=be following a smell): The dogs were soon on the fox’s scent.
Thesaurus: hunting, shooting and fishinghyponym
2. [countable/uncountable] a liquid that people, especially women, put on their skin to make themselves smell nice
Thesaurus: perfumesynonym make-uphyponym
3. [countable] usually singular a series of facts and signs that help someone to discover something
The police were following a false scent.
the first scent of suspicion
Thesaurus: proof and evidencesynonym
Phrases: put someone off the scent ▪ scent of something ▪ throw off the scent
▪ II. scent 2 UK [sent] US verb [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they scent he/she/it scents present participle scenting past tense scented past participle scented]
1. to make something have a particular smell
The smell of roses scented the room.
Thesaurus: to produce a smellsynonym to shine, glow or give off lightsynonym
2. if an animal scents someone or something, it knows they are there because of their smell
Thesaurus: to taste or smell somethinghyponym animal behaviourhyponym senses and using the senseshyponym
3. to feel that something is soon going to happen or be done
Thesaurus: predicting and predictionsynonym
Phrase: scent blood
Longman:
RELATED TOPICS: Odours, Hair & beauty
scentscent1 /sent/ ●○○ noun
1 [countable]SMELL a pleasant smell that something has syn fragrance
◾a yellow rose with a lovely scent
scent of
◾the sweet scent of ripe fruit
► see thesaurus at smell
2 [countable] the smell of a particular animal or person that some other animals, for example dogs, can follow
3
→ throw/put somebody off the scent
4 [countable, uncountable] especially British EnglishSMELL a liquid that you put on your skin to make it smell pleasant syn perfume
scentscent2 verb [transitive]
1 to give a particular smell to something → perfume
◾Honeysuckle and roses scented the air.
2 writtenSURE to suddenly think that something is going to happen or exists
◾We scented danger and decided to leave.
◾The press had immediately scented a story.
◾The trade unions have scented victory.
3 if an animal scents another animal or a person, it knows that they are near because it can smell them
CollinsCoBUILD:
scent
scent
/s'ent/ (scents scenting scented)
1 [N-COUNT] usu with supp
The scent of something is the pleasant smell that it has.
Flowers are chosen for their scent as well as their look.
= fragrance
2 [VERB] V n, V n with n
If something scents a place or thing, it makes it smell pleasant.
Jasmine flowers scent the air...
Scent your drawers and wardrobe with your favourite aromas.
3 [N-MASS]
Scent is a liquid which women put on their necks and wrists to make themselves smell nice. (BRIT; in AM, use perfume)
She dabbed herself with scent.
= perfume
4 [N-VAR] usu with supp
The scent of a person or animal is the smell that they leave and that other people sometimes follow when looking for them.
A police dog picked up the murderer's scent...
5 [VERB] no cont, V n
When an animal scents something, it becomes aware of it by smelling it.
...dogs which scent the hidden birds.
= smell
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