Scent | Mean of scent in English Dictionary

/ˈsɛnt/

• Noun
• a pleasant smell that is produced by something
1. The flower has a wonderful scent.
2. the scent of flowers/perfume
• a smell that is left by an animal or person and that can be sensed and followed by some animals (such as dogs)
1. The dogs followed the fox's scent.
2. The prisoner escaped because the dogs lost his scent.
3. The reporter was on the scent of a big story. [=was following/investigating a big story]
4. Scientists are on the scent of a cure. [=are looking for and are close to finding a cure]
5. He was being investigated by federal officials but he somehow managed to put them off the/his scent.
• a slight indication of something that is going to happen or that might happen
1. There was a scent [=hint] of trouble in the air. [=trouble was developing]

• a quality that suggests or shows the existence of something
1. Her story has a/the scent of truth. [=her story seems to be true]
• a liquid that is put on your body to give it a pleasant odor
1. a bottle of scent
• Verb
• to become aware of (something) by smell
1. The dog scented a rabbit.
2. We scented [=sensed, detected] trouble and left.
3. The reporter scented a big story.
• to give (something) a pleasing smell
1. Roses scented [=perfumed] the air.
2. She scented her handkerchief.
3. She scented the air with perfume.
4. The room was scented by the flowers.
5. The air was scented with/by her perfume.