scent
/sɛnt/ verb C2- To detect the scent of; to discern by the sense of smell. · The hounds scented the fox in the woods.
- To inhale in order to detect the scent of (something).
- To have a suspicion of; to detect the possibility of (something). · I scented trouble when I saw them running down the hill towards me.
- To impart an odour to, to cause to have a particular smell. · Scent the air with burning sage before you begin your meditation.
- To hunt animals by means of the sense of smell.
He/she/it scents · Past scented · Past participle scented · -ing form scenting
Verb forms
- Base form
- scent
- He/she/it
- scents
- Past
- scented
- Past participle
- scented
- -ing form
- scenting
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Soon they rolled the Lion out of the poppy bed to the green fields, where he could breathe the sweet, fresh air again, instead of the poisonous scent of the flowers.
“That’s the apple-scented geranium.”
“Aren’t they beautiful?” the girl asked, as she breathed in the spicy scent of the bright flowers.
It is a very cold scent upon which the Metropolitan expert is generally asked to run.
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