Past tense of scent
regular verb
The past tense of scent is scented. The past participle is also scented.
Forms of scent
| Base form (V1) | scent /sɛnt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | scented |
| Past participle (V3) | scented |
| Present participle | scenting |
| Third person singular | scents /sɛn(t)s/ |
Scented in a sentence
- The hounds scented the fox in the woods.
- I scented trouble when I saw them running down the hill towards me.
- The hounds gave tongue as they scented the fox nearby.From the entry give tongue
- Malkom must have scented her then, because he stiffened, rattling his chains.2010, Kresley Cole, chapter 24, in Demon from the Dark (The Immortals After Dark; 10), New York, N.Y.: Pocket Books, →ISBN. From the entry takesie-backsies
- They are in the under-$20 section, which includes a display of scented candles and diffusers.2009 February 28, Rita Zekas, “DecoRita visits West Elm”, in Toronto Star. From the entry diffuser
Meaning of scent
- noun A distinctive smell.
- noun A smell left by an animal that may be used for tracing.
- noun The sense of smell.
Questions about the past tense of scent
- What is the past tense of scent?
- The past tense of scent is scented.
- What is the past participle of scent?
- The past participle of scent is scented.
- Is scent a regular or irregular verb?
- Scent is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: scent (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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