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scent

noun / verb

Meaning

  1. nounA distinctive smell.

    Example: the scent of flowers / of a skunk

  2. verbTo detect the scent of; to discern by the sense of smell.

    Example: The hounds scented the fox in the woods.

  3. nounA smell left by an animal that may be used for tracing.

    Example: The dogs picked up / caught the scent but then quickly lost it.

Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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