Meaning

• A distinctive odour or smell.

  "the scent of a skunk"

• An odour left by an animal that may be used for tracing.

  "The dogs lost the scent."

• The sense of smell.

  "I believe the bloodhound has the best scent of all dogs."

• A perfume.

• Any trail or trace that can be followed to find something or someone, such as the paper left behind in a paperchase.

• Sense, perception.

Meaning

• To detect the scent of; to discern by the sense of smell.

  "The hounds scented the fox in the woods."

• To have a suspicion of.

  "I scented trouble when I saw them running down the hill towards me."

• To impart an odour to.

  "Scent the air with burning sage before you begin your meditation."

• To have a smell.

• To hunt animals by means of the sense of smell.