scent
noun
[ sɛnt ]
• a distinctive smell, especially one that is pleasant.
• "the scent of freshly cut hay"
Similar:
smell,
fragrance,
aroma,
perfume,
redolence,
savour,
odour,
whiff,
bouquet,
nose,
• a trail indicated by the characteristic smell of an animal and perceptible to hounds or other animals.
• "the hound followed the scent"
• the faculty or sense of smell.
• "the dog, having the help of scent as well as of sight"
scent
verb
• impart a pleasant scent to.
• "a glass of tea scented with a local herb"
• discern by the sense of smell.
• "a shark can scent blood from well over half a kilometre away"
Similar:
smell,
detect the smell of,
pick up the smell of,
get a whiff of,
Origin:
late Middle English (denoting the sense of smell): from Old French sentir ‘perceive, smell’, from Latin sentire . The addition of -c- (in the 17th century) is unexplained.
