transitive verb

1. to smell; perceive by the olfactory sense
2. to get a hint or inkling of; suspect to scent trouble
3. to fill with an odor; give fragrance to; perfume

Etymology: ME senten < OFr sentir < L sentire, to feel: see send

intransitive verb

noun

1. a smell; odor
2. the sense of smell
3. a manufactured fluid preparation used to give fragrance; perfume
4. an odor left by an animal, by which it is tracked in hunting
5. a track followed in hunting
6. any clue by which something is followed or detected
7. an intuitive capacity for discovering or detecting a scent for news