scent
1. a distinctive odor that is pleasant (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
aroma, fragrance, perfume
• Derivationally related forms:
perfume (for: perfume), fragrant (for: fragrance), aromatic (for: aroma), aromatize (for: aroma), aromatise (for: aroma)
• Hypernyms:
smell, odor, odour, olfactory sensation, olfactory perception
• Hyponyms:
incense
2. an odor left in passing by which a person or animal can be traced (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
smell, odor, odour, olfactory sensation, olfactory perception
• Hyponyms:
musk
3. any property detected by the olfactory system (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
olfactory property, smell, aroma, odor, odour
• Derivationally related forms:
odourise (for: odour), odorous (for: odor), odorize (for: odor), aromatic (for: aroma), aromatize (for: aroma), aromatise (for: aroma), smelly (for: smell), smell (for: smell)
• Hypernyms:
property
• Hyponyms:
bouquet, fragrance, fragrancy, redolence, sweetness,
sweetness, stinkiness, foulness, rankness, fetidness,
muskiness, rancidness
• Attrubites:
odorous, odorless, odourless, inodorous
1. catch the scent of;
get wind of
- The dog nosed out the drugs
• Syn:
nose, wind
• See Also:
scent out
• Derivationally related forms:
nose (for: nose)
• Hypernyms:
smell
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. cause to smell or be smelly
• Syn:
odorize, odourise
• Ant:
deodourise (for: odourise), deodorize (for: odorize)
• Derivationally related forms:
odor (for: odourise), odor (for: odorize), odour (for: odourise)
• Hypernyms:
cause to be perceived
• Hyponyms:
stink up, smell up, stink out, perfume, aromatize,
aromatise, cense, incense, thurify
• Cause:
smell
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. apply perfume to
- She perfumes herself every day
• Syn:
perfume
• Derivationally related forms:
perfume (for: perfume), perfumery (for: perfume)
• Hypernyms:
groom, neaten
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
|
|
