Scent - English meaning

noun

A distinctive, typically pleasant smell.

Usage examples:

The tantalizing aroma of fresh coffee

noun

A strong, usually pleasant smell

Usage examples:

The aroma of coffee and frying eggs, an aromatic pine forest

noun

A strong, pleasant smell, usually from food or drink

Usage examples:

The aroma of freshly baked bread, a wine with a light, fruity aroma

adjective

Having a pleasant and distinctive smell.

Usage examples:

A massage with aromatic oils

noun

A substance or plant emitting a pleasant and distinctive smell.

Usage examples:

For skate in black butter, you begin by poaching the wings in salted, lightly vinegared water with …

adjective

Having a pleasant smell

Usage examples:

Aromatic herbs

noun

An attractively arranged bunch of flowers, especially one presented as a gift or carried at a ceremony.

Usage examples:

I was presented with a lovely bouquet of flowers, given a gift voucher to spend and someone took me…

noun

A group of flowers that have been attractively arranged so that they can be given as a present or carried on a formal occasion

Usage examples:

A fruity bouquet

noun

A group of flowers that have been fastened together and attractively arranged so that they can be given as a present or carried on formal occasions

Usage examples:

A bouquet of flowers, chris sent me a lovely bouquet when i was sick.

verb

Prevent (something considered wrong or undesirable) from succeeding.

Usage examples:

A brave policewoman foiled the armed robbery

noun

The track or scent of a hunted animal.

noun

Metal hammered or rolled into a thin flexible sheet, used chiefly for covering or wrapping food.

Usage examples:

Aluminium foil

noun

A pleasant, sweet smell.

Usage examples:

The fragrance of fresh-ground coffee

noun

A sweet or pleasant smell

Usage examples:

The shampoo has a light fragrance of herb and plant extracts., the fragrant bouquet of roses

noun

A liquid that people put on their bodies to make themselves smell pleasant

Usage examples:

A brand new fragrance for men

adjective

Having a sweet or pleasant smell

Usage examples:

Bath powder leaves your skin soft and delicately fragranced., fragranced candles add to the atmosph…

adjective

Having a pleasant or sweet smell.

Usage examples:

She gathered the fragrant blooms

adjective

With a pleasant smell

Usage examples:

Fragrant flowers, the sauce itself was light, fragrant and slightly sweet.

noun

The part projecting above the mouth on the face of a person or animal, containing the nostrils and used for breathing and smelling.

Usage examples:

He slowly breathed out the air through his nose

verb

(of an animal) thrust its nose against or into something.

Usage examples:

The pony nosed at the straw

noun

The part of the face that sticks out above the mouth, through which you breathe and smell

Usage examples:

A large/long/pointed nose, i had a sore throat and a runny nose (= liquid coming out of the nose).,…

noun

A distinctive smell, especially an unpleasant one.

Usage examples:

The odour of cigarette smoke

noun

A fragrant liquid typically made from essential oils extracted from flowers and spices, used to give a pleasant smell to one's body.

Usage examples:

I caught a whiff of her fresh lemony perfume

verb

Give a pleasant smell to.

Usage examples:

Just one bloom of jasmine has the power to perfume a whole room

noun

A liquid produced and sold for its strong, pleasant smell, often used on the skin

Usage examples:

[ u ] she put a few drops of perfume on the back of her neck.

adjective

Naturally having or producing a sweet, pleasant smell.

Usage examples:

Perfumed soap

verb

Give a pleasant smell to.

Usage examples:

Just one bloom of jasmine has the power to perfume a whole room

adjective

Having a pleasant perfume

Usage examples:

Perfumed bath oil, expensively perfumed women

noun

The quality of smelling strongly of something or of having qualities (especially smells) that make you think of something else

Usage examples:

The faint redolence of cigar smoke hung on his clothes., i can still feel and smell the redolence o…

verb

Taste (good food or drink) and enjoy it to the full.

Usage examples:

Gourmets will want to savour our game specialities

noun

A characteristic taste, flavour, or smell, especially a pleasant one.

Usage examples:

The subtle savour of wood smoke

verb

To enjoy food or an experience slowly, in order to enjoy it as much as possible

Usage examples:

It was the first chocolate he'd tasted for over a year, so he savoured every mouthful., she felt th…

noun

The faculty or power of perceiving odours or scents by means of the organs in the nose.

Usage examples:

A highly developed sense of smell

verb

Perceive or detect the odour or scent of (something).

Usage examples:

I think i can smell something burning

verb

The faculty that enables us to distinguish scents

noun

The track or scent of an animal.

Usage examples:

They searched around the hut for a spoor

verb

Follow the track or scent of (an animal or person).

Usage examples:

Taking the spear, he set off to spoor the man

noun

The marks left by a wild animal as it travels

noun

A rough path or road, typically one beaten by use rather than constructed.

Usage examples:

Follow the track to the farm

verb

Follow the trail or movements of (someone or something), typically in order to find them or note their course.

Usage examples:

Secondary radars that track the aircraft in flight

verb

Tow (a canoe) along a waterway from the bank.

Usage examples:

He was going to track the canoe up the ice-hung rapids

noun

A mark or a series of signs or objects left behind by the passage of someone or something.

Usage examples:

A trail of blood on the grass

verb

Draw or be drawn along behind someone or something.

Usage examples:

Alex trailed a hand through the clear water

noun

A smell that is only smelt briefly or faintly.

Usage examples:

I caught a whiff of eau de cologne

verb

Get a brief or faint smell of.

Usage examples:

He whiffed the broth that was simmering on the stove

noun

Another term for megrim2.

noun

The perceptible natural movement of the air, especially in the form of a current of air blowing from a particular direction.

Usage examples:

The wind howled about the building

verb

Cause (someone) to have difficulty breathing because of exertion or a blow to the stomach.

Usage examples:

The fall nearly winded him

noun

A twist or turn in a course.

Usage examples:

After a few minutes of puzzled winds and twists and turns and curses muttered under my breath, i co…