Scent

Definition: Scent

Scent

Noun

1. A distinctive odor that is pleasant.

2. An odor left in passing by which a person or animal can be traced.

3. Any property detected by the olfactory system.

Verb

1. Cause to smell or be smelly.

2. Catch the scent of; get wind of; "The dog nosed out the drugs".

3. Apply perfume to; "She perfumes herself every day".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "scent" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Note: Scent \Scent\, intransitive verb. 1. To have a smell. [Obsolete]. (references)

Chemical Industry

Literature

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SCENT

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Synonyms: Scent

Discovery

Be near the truth, be warm, get warmer, burn; smoke, scent, sniff, catch a whiff of, smell a rat.

Indication

Gesture, gesticulation; pantomime; wink, glance, leer; nod, shrug, beck; touch, nudge; dactylology, dactylonomy; freemasonry, telegraphy, chirology, byplay, dumb show; cue; hint; clue, clew, key, scent.

Knowledge

Light, enlightenment; glimpse, inkling; glimmer, glimmering; dawn; scent, suspicion; impression; (idea); discovery; a.

Record

Noun: trace, vestige, relic, remains; scar, cicatrix; footstep, footmark, footprint; pug; track mark, wake, trail, scent, piste.

Unbelief Doubt

Doubt; be doubtful; (uncertain); doubt the truth of; be skeptical as to; Adjective: diffide; distrust, mistrust; suspect, smoke, scent, smell a rat; have doubts, harbor doubts, entertain doubts, suspicions; have one's doubts.

Uncertainty

Lose the clue, lose the clew, scent; miss one's way.

Crosswords: Scent

The scent of the young boys you seduce still clings to you. Do not forget who it is you serve (End of Days; writing credit: Andrew W. Marlowe)

It was rich, almost sweet, like the scent of jasmine and roses around our old courtyard (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice)

What's that scent you're wearing (My Girl; writing credit: Laurice Elehwany. Starring Dan Aykroyd as Harry Sultenfuss, Jamie Lee Curtis as Shelly DeVoto, Macaulay Culkin as Thomas J. Sennett, and Anna Chlumsky as Vada Sultenfuss.)

Your scent is supposed to linger, not change global weather patterns (Less Than Perfect; writing credit: David Blum; Tom Hertz)

Well, if it's scent, why don't you clear some counter space in the ladies' department (Are You Being Served?; writing credit: John T. Chapman; David Croft)

The scent of you, it calms the heart (Last Night; performing artist: Az Yet)

There is no sweeter scent (THE MAIN EVENT/FIGHT; performing artist: Barbra Streisand)

Feels like I'm lost in a deep cloud of heavenly scent (I Love You Always Forever; performing artist: Donna Lewis)

Scent and a sound, I'm lost and I'm found (Hungry Like the Wolf; performing artist: Duran Duran)

And how your scent lingers even when your not there (I Love The Way You Love Me; performing artist: John Michael Montgomery)

A Scent of the Matterhorn (1961)

Who Scent You? (1960)

Scent of Mystery (1960)

The Scent of Fear (1959)

Really Scent (1959)

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References

• The World Market for Scent Sprays, Toilet Sprays, and Their Mounts and Heads: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

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Books

• A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain: Stories (reference)

• Book of Candlemaking: Creating Scent, Beauty & Light (reference)

• Cat on the Scent (reference)

• False Scent (reference)

• Scent and the Scenting Dog (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Prime Suspect - The Scent of Darkness (reference)

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Music

• Woven from the Scent of Shadows: Music by H.K. Gruber (reference)

• Heaven Scent (reference)

• Scent Of A Woman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

• Scent of Attraction [#1] [CD-SINGLE] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• 1-pack 1/2in Black On Fluore Scent Orange Pt-6-12n 15 20 25 150 (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Revlon RVS1208 Sandalwood Scent Paraffin Wax Refills (reference)

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We should scent out the truth, dig in the earth for it, and seize upon it.

Nay, I was frequently notified of the passage of a traveller along the highway sixty rods off by the scent of his pipe

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Sweet scent

Lady of scent

Scent

Scent

Expressions using "scent": be on the right scent ♦ be on the wrong scent ♦ blazing scent ♦ follow the scent ♦ get on the scent ♦ have a scent for smth. ♦ lose its scent ♦ lose scent ♦ lose the scent ♦ on the right scent ♦ on the scent ♦ on the wrong scent ♦ pick up scent ♦ pick up the scent ♦ put on a new scent ♦ put on scent ♦ put on the scent ♦ put scent ♦ put scent on ♦ put smb. off the scent ♦ scent a scheme ♦ scent about ♦ scent bag ♦ scent bottle ♦ scent gland ♦ Scent Glands ♦ scent of flowers ♦ scent of the roses ♦ scent out ♦ scent out game ♦ scent spray ♦ throw off the scent ♦ use scent. Additional references.

Beginning with "scent": scent-laden, scent-mark, scent-marking, scent-producing, scent-sensitive, scent-signalling, scent-trail.

Ending with "scent": body-scent, honey-scent, man-scent.

Containing "scent": you-know-the-scent-now-try-the-bath-range.

Afrikaans

reuk (odor, odour, smell), geur (odor, odour, smell). (various references)

Albanian

erë (blow, era, Flavor, flavour, odor, odour, smack, smell, time, whiff, wind). (various references)

Arabic 

‏إستشعر بكذا, ‏شذي (bouquet), ‏شم (acumen, feel, nose, smell, sniff, snort, snuff), ‏رائحة (odor, odour, smell, smelling), ‏ريح الطريدة, ‏أريج (fragrance), ‏أثر (bias, count, echo, effect, give rise to, hint, impress, influence, lead, mark, odor, odour, operate, prefer, repercussion, sink, soupcon, streak, tag, tinge, tint, touch, trace, trail, trait, vestige, work), ‏إشتبه (suspect), ‏شذا (aroma, fragrance, perfume), ‏إشتم خطرا, ‏قص الأثر (outwit), ‏إقتفى أثر الطريدة, ‏الشم (smelling), ‏طيب (delicious, good, perfume, savory, spice), ‏عطر (attar, balmy, eau de cologne, embalm, fragrant, odor, odorous, odour, perfume, redolence, redolent), ‏تعطر (perfume), ‏تفوح منه راحة عطرة, ‏حاسة الشم (nose, sense of smell, smell), ‏حس باطني, ‏إشتم (badmouth, bitch up, curse, jump, malign, offend, revile, rocket, smell, swear, talk dirty, tick). (various references)

Bulgarian 

усещам (feel, observe, perceive, sense), ухание (fragrance), следа (footprint, ghost, odor, odour, print, rag, relic, relish, remnant, rudiment, savor, savour, scar, scintilla, shadow, show, shred, sign, spice, tang, touch, trace, track, trail, train, trait, vestige, whiff), обоняние (nose, smell), мирис (smell), миризма (emanation, flavoring, flavouring, odor, odour, smack, smell), аромат (aroma, fragrance, nose, odor, odour, perfume, relish, sapor, savor, savour, smell), подушвам (get wind of, nose, smell, smell out, snuff, wind), парфюмирам (perfume, put on scent, put scent on, use perfume, use scent), парфюм (perfume), изпълвам с благоухание (embalm, perfume, sweeten), душа (breast, ghost, heart, inside, lifeblood, mastermind, nature, nose, nuzzle, psyche, quest, scrag, smell, smell about, smother, sniff, soul, spirit, stifle, throttle), диря (clue, foil, seek, slot, trace, track, trail, train, vestige, wake). (various references)

Chinese 

燻 (fumigate, to smoke), 熏 (fumigate, to smoke), 氣味 (odor), �"味 (Odor, odour, smell, Smell-less). (various references)

Czech

stopa (evidence, foot, footstep, imprint, lead, Mark, print, rut, trace, track, trail, vestige), zápach (fetidness, hum, mephitic, odor, odour, reek, smell), vùnì (Flavor, flavour, fragrance, odor, odour, perfume, smell, wind), parfémovat, parfém (perfume), pach (malodor, smell), aróma (aroma, fragrance, relish, smell), èich (nose, smell). (various references)

Danish

lugt (odor, odour, smell). (various references)

Dutch

reuk (odor, odour, smell), luchtje (odor, odour, smell), lucht (air, atmosphere, heaven, odor, odour, sky, smell), geur (aroma, flavour, odor, odour, perfume, smell). (various references)

Esperanto

odoro (odor, odour, smell). (various references)

Farsi 

پی (Inkling, Nerve, Sinew, Substratum), سراغ , سررشته (Competence), عطر (Ambrosia, Odor, Perfume, Smell), خوشبوءی , ادراک (Cognition, Cognizance, Hindsight, Impression, Notion, Perception, Realization, Understanding, Uptake), رایحه (Aroma, Breath, Odor, Smell), ردشکار, بوکشیدن (Nose, Sniff), بو (Aroma, Savor, Smell, Whiff). (various references)

Finnish

vainu, tuoksu (aroma, fragrance, good smell, odour), hajuvesi (perfume), hajustaa, hajuaine, haju (foul smell, odour, smell, stink), haistaa (smell). (various references)

French

parfum, odeur, fumet. (various references)

Frisian

lucht (air, odor, odour, smell). (various references)

German

Geruch (aroma, fragrance, odor, odour, perfume, smack, smell, stench, stink, whiff). (various references)

Greek 

μυρωδιά (odor, odour, smell, tincture), άρωμα (aroma, flavoring, flavouring, fragrance, masque, perfume, redolence, savor, savour, spice, spiciness), οσμή (odor, odour, rankness, smell). (various references)

Hawaiian

erë (odor, odour, smell, wind). (various references)

Hebrew 

לחשו�" (distrust, suspect), ל�"ריח (sense, smell), חוש �"ריח (sense of smell, smell), בשם (balsam, fragrance, odor, odour, perfume, spice), בסום (perfume, perfuming), ריח (aroma, fragrance, odor, odour, savor, savour, smell), � יחוח (aroma, fragrance, perfume). (various references)

Hungarian

szaglás (nose, sense of smell, smell, smelling, vent), szag (odor, odour, olfactory, perfume, say, smell, spoor, whiff). (various references)

Indonesian

mengasapi (cure, fumigate, smoke), mengasap (become, cure, smoke), bau (aroma, foul, odour, smell, unpleasant). (various references)

Italian

profumo (odor, odors, odour, perfume, smell, sweetness), odore (aura, fragrance, fragrancy, odor, odour, perfume, redolence, smell). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

薫り (aroma, fragrance, smell), 香り (aroma, fragrance, smell). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

におい (aroma, fragrance, odour, perfume, smell, stench), かおり (aroma, fragrance, smell), てがかり (a handhold, clue, contact, hand hold, key, lead, on hand, trail). (various references)

Korean 

냄새 (Odor, odour, smell). (various references)

Manx

soaral (odorous, pong, scented, sense of smell, smell, smelling, whiff), soaraghey (smell, smelling), soar (aroma, bouquet, breath, odour, pong, sense of smell, smell, sniff). (various references)

Papiamen

oló (odor, odour, smell), holó (odor, odour, smell). (various references)

Pig Latin

entscay.(various references)

Portuguese

odor (aroma, bloom, flavor, flavour, fragrance, fragrancy, odor, odour, perfume, smell). (various references)

Romanian

simţi (be, experience, feel, sense, smoke), urmã (atom, clew, clue, footmark, footprint, furrow, impress, impression, imprint, indent, jot, Mark, patent office, print, pug, rear, rearward, relic, remnant, rut, seal, shadow, sign, slot, spoor, stamp, step, trace, track, trail, vestige, wake), presimţi (divine, feel, sense, smell), parfuma (aromatize, embalm, incense, perfume, sweeten), parfum (aroma, bouquet, Flavor, flavour, fragrance, odor, odour, perfume, redolence, smell, sweet), mirosi (nose, nose out, savor, savour, smack, smell, smoke, sniff), miros (fragrance, nose, odor, odour, smell, sniff), mireasmã (breath, fragrance, odor, odour, perfume), fler (flair, smell), aromã (aroma, balm, Flavor, flavoring, flavour, flavouring, fragrance, nose, perfume, racy flavor, racy flavour, relish, smack, taste), afuma (burn, corn, cure, deodorize, disinfect, fume, fumigate, gammon, perfume, pickle, reek, smoke, smoke out, smoke-dry, smudge, steam, sulphur), adulmecare (trailing), adulmeca (feel, foreknow, foresee, get on the scent, guess, nose, pick up the scent, sense, smell, smell out, smoke, sniff, suspect, trace), înmiresma (embalm, perfume, sweeten), îmbãlsãma (embalm, mummify, perfume). (various references)

Russian 

след (backtrace, dint, footmark, footprint, relic, sign, skidmarks, spoor, trace, track, trail, vestige, welt), чуять (nose, nose out), чутье (flair), обонять (nose), нюх (flair, nose), заподозрить, запах (aroma, odor, odour, smell), аромат;запах;духи, пахнуть, духи (essence, genii, perfume), душить (choke, smother, smothers, stifle, stifle joint, strangle, strangles, strangulate, suffocate, throttle). (various references)

Scottish

lorgair (a dog that follows the scent, tracker). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

njuh (flair), nanjušiti (smell out, wind), namirisati (perfume, smelt down, use scent), miris (aroma, bouquet, flavor, flavour, fragrance, fragrancy, odor, odour, perfume, redolence, smell). (various references)

Spanish

olor (aroma, flavour, odor, odour, smell, taint), perfume (odor, odour, perfume, redolence). (various references)

Sranan

smeri (aroma, flavour, give off an odour, odor, odour, reek, smell, stench). (various references)

Swedish

doft (aroma, fragrance, fragrancy, incense, odor, odour, savor, savour, smell, waft, whiff), väderkorn (flair, wind), parfymera (perfume), parfym (perfume). (various references)

Thai

เติมกลิ่น, ไ�"้กลิ่น (scent out, smell at), น้ำหอม (fragrance, odour colon), การ�"มกลิ่น (olfaction), กลิ่น (odor, odour, olfaction, smell). (various references)

Turkish

sezmek (antedate, anticipate, be sensible of, detect, discern, divine, feel, guess, have a scent for smth., intuit, perceive, rumble, see, sense, smell, sniff, taste blood), seziş (discernment, perception), kokusunu almak (get an inkling of, have a scent for smth., nose out, perceive the smell of, savor, savour, smell, smell out, sniff, snuff, taste blood, wind), kokusunu alma, koku yaymak, koku (aura, drag, exhalation, Flavor, flavour, fragrance, odor, odour, redolence, smell, whiff, wind), iz sürmek (hound, scent out, sleuth, spoor), iz kokusu, güzel koku (aroma, flavour, fragrance, perfume, sweet, sweetness), esans (essence, essential oil). (various references)

Turkmen 

atyr. (various references)

Ukrainian

учути (wind), слід (behove, footmark, footprint, footstep, imprint, ought, print, relic, remnant, should, spoor, trace, track, trail, tread, wake), відчувати запах, нюх (flair, nose, olfaction, smell, smelling), надушити, запідозрити, запах (nose, odor, odour, smell, wind), аромат (aroma, flavour, fragrance, fragrancy, nose, nosegay, odor, odour, perfume), духи (nosegay, perfume). (various references)

Vietnamese 

tính nhạy cảm (susceptibility), t� i đánh hơi, mùi thơm (aroma, zest), mùi (note), khả năng phát hiện, hương thơm dầu thơm. (various references)

Welsh

trywydd (trail), arogli (smell), arogleuo (give odor, smell), arogl (odor, perfume, smell), adrywedd (track). (various references)

Yucatec

ch'e'eh (ado, din, noise, odor, odour, smell), book (odor, odour, smell). (various references)

2. ir. (various references)

heliodori, heliodorum, odor, odoratur, odoratusque, odore, odorem, odoremque, odores, odoretur, odoribus, odoris, sentire, sufficerat. (various references)

sentir. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "scent": scented, scenting, scentless, scents. (additional references)

Words ending with "scent": acaulescent, acescent, acquiescent, adolescent, arborescent, ascent, bioluminescent, candescent, canescent, chemiluminescent, coalescent, concrescent, concupiscent, convalescent, crescent, decrescent, dehiscent, deliquescent, descent, detumescent, effervescent, efflorescent, electroluminescent, evanescent, excrescent, florescent, fluorescent, frutescent, glabrescent, ignescent, immunofluorescent, incalescent, incandescent, increscent, indehiscent, intumescent, iridescent, juvenescent, liquescent, luminescent, nascent, nonfluorescent, obsolescent, opalescent, pearlescent, phosphorescent, postadolescent, postpubescent, preadolescent, prepubescent, pubescent. (additional references)

Words containing "scent": acescents, acquiescently, adolescently, adolescents, ascents, cognoscente, cognoscenti, convalescents, crescentic, crescents, descents, effervescently, excrescently, fluorescents, incandescently, incandescents, iridescently, obsolescently, opalescently, phosphorescently, postadolescents, postpubescents, preadolescents, prepubescents, quiescently, reascents, reminiscential, reminiscently, subadolescents, unscented. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Scent" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: escont, scanet, sceat, sceen, scen, scenty, sceny, scet, Scheng, schernito, scient, sciente, scint, Scinto, scn, scunt, scypt, senft, senti, sgen, sient, siento, skena, skept, sklent, slent, ssen, sxen. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: cents.

-1 letter: cent, nest, nets, sect, sent, tens.

-2 letters: ens, net, sec, sen, set, ten.

-3 letters: en, es, et, ne.

+1 letter: ascent, centas, centos, contes, enacts, encyst, incest, insect, nicest, scents, secant, stance, stench.

+2 letters: accents, acetins, ascents, canters, cantles, carnets, catenas, cements, cenotes, centals, centers, centres, centums, cetanes, chasten, cineast, cistern, clients, congest, consent, contest, contuse, cornets, cretins, cygnets, cystein, cystine, decants, descant, descent, docents, encrust, encysts, entices, ethnics, incepts, incests, incites, infects, injects, insects, inspect, lancets, lectins, nascent, nectars, notches, notices, nutcase, octanes, pectens, pectins, pschent, recants, scanted, scanter, scented, secants, section, stances, stenchy, stencil, sthenic, tanrecs, tenaces, tenches, tenrecs, trances.