scent

Plural: scents

Noun

a distinctive odor that is pleasant
an odor left in passing by which a person or animal can be traced
any property detected by the olfactory system
A distinctive smell.
A smell left by an animal that may be used for tracing.
The sense of smell.
A substance (usually liquid) created to provide a pleasant smell.
Any trail or trace that can be followed to find something or someone, such as the paper left behind in a paperchase.
Sense, perception.

Verb

Verb Forms: scented, scenting, scents

To detect by smell; to fill with an odor.
cause to smell or be smelly
catch the scent of; get wind of
apply perfume to
To detect the scent of; to discern by the sense of smell.
To inhale in order to detect the scent of (something).
To have a suspicion of; to detect the possibility of (something).
To impart an odour to, to cause to have a particular smell.
To have a smell; (figuratively) to give an impression (of something).
To hunt animals by means of the sense of smell.

Examples

a scent bazaar
a scent shop
He could SCENT a potential bingo from a mile away.
I believe the bloodhound has the best scent of all dogs.
I scented trouble when I saw them running down the hill towards me.
Scent the air with burning sage before you begin your meditation.
The dogs picked up / caught the scent but then quickly lost it.
The hounds scented the fox in the woods.
The minister's off-hand remark put journalists on the scent of a cover-up.
the scent of flowers / of a skunk
The tip put the detectives on a false scent / the wrong scent.
to breathe in / inhale a scent
to give off / release / exude a scent
to pick up a scent / get scent of something
to throw / put someone off the scent

Origin / Etymology

From c.1400, from Middle English sent (noun) and senten (verb), from Old French sentir (“to feel, perceive, smell”), from Old French sentire "to feel, perceive, sense", from Latin sentīre. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to feel”), and thus related to Dutch zin (“sense, meaning”), German Sinn (“sense”), Low German Sinn (“sense”), Luxembourgish Sënn (“sense, perception”), Saterland Frisian Sin (“sense”), West Frisian sin (“sense”). The -c- appeared in the 17th century, possibly by influence of ascent, descent, etc., or by influence of science.

Synonyms

aroma, fragrance, nose, odor, odorize, odour, odourise, olfactory property, perfume, smell, wind, aftershave, bouquet, cologne, detect, discern, eau de toilette, nosegay, olfaction, perceive, redolence, sense, sniff, toilet water

Antonyms

deodorize, deodourise

Scrabble Score: 7

scent: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
scent: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
scent: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

scent: valid Words With Friends Word