See scent in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
noun
The quality of something that may be perceived by the olfactory sense:
aroma, odor, smell. See smellsA sweet or pleasant odor:
aroma, bouquet, fragrance, perfume, redolence. See smellsEvidence of passage left along a course followed by a hunted animal or fugitive:
spoor, track, trail. See marks, smellsThe sense by which odors are perceived:
nose, olfaction, smell. See smellsA piece of information useful in a search:
clue, lead. See show
verb
To perceive with the olfactory sense:
nose, smell, sniff, snuff, whiff. Idiom: catch (or get) a whiff of. See smellsTo fill with a pleasant odor:
aromatize, perfume. See smells
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