Collins English-English Dictionary

scent [sεnt]

1. 1. n a distinctive smell, esp a pleasant one

2. 2. n a smell left in passing, by which a person or animal may be traced

3. 3. n a trail, clue, or guide

4. 4. n an instinctive ability for finding out or detecting

5. 5. n another word (esp Brit) for perfume

6. 6. vt. [tr] to recognize or be aware of by or as if by the smell

7. 7. vt. [tr] to have a suspicion of; detect

   I scent foul play

8. 8. vt. [tr] to fill with odour or fragrance

9. 9. vi. [intr] (of hounds, etc) to hunt by the sense of smell

10. 10. vi. to smell (at)

    the dog scented the air

11. 11. vi. [Etymology] C14: from Old French sentir to sense, from Latin sentire to feel; see sense