scents

Noun

scent (countable and uncountable, plural scents)

1. A distinctive smell.
   • the scent of flowers / of a skunk

   Synonyms:

   aroma, bouquet, fragrance, nosegay, odor, perfume, redolence, smell

2. A smell left by an animal that may be used for tracing.
   • The dogs picked up / caught the scent but then quickly lost it.
3. The sense of smell.
   • I believe the bloodhound has the best scent of all dogs.

   Synonyms:

   olfaction

4. (uncountable) A substance (usually liquid) created to provide a pleasant smell.
   • a scent shop

   Synonyms:

   aftershave, cologne, eau de toilette, perfume, toilet water

5. (figuratively) Any trail or trace that can be followed to find something or someone, such as the paper left behind in a paperchase.
   • The minister's off-hand remark put journalists on the scent of a cover-up.
6. (obsolete) Sense, perception.
   • A fit false dreame, that can delude the sleepers sent.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 15

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