Scent

Pronunciation

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Noun

1. Template:Countable A scent is a smell.

   The scent of fresh bread filled the house.

   The dogs followed the scent to a hole in the ground.

Verb

1. Template:Transitive If $x$ sents $y$, $x$ gives $y$ a smell.

   The flowers scented the room.

   He gave her a scented card.

2. Template:Transitive If you scent something such as danger or a story, you have a feeling that it exists.

   When the president didn't appear, the newspapers scented a story.

3. Template:Transitive If an animal scents something, it smells it.

   The deer ran when they scented the hunter.