noun

• (chiefly uncountable) A substance (usually liquid) created to provide a pleasant smell.
  "a scent shop"
• (figuratively) Any trail or trace that can be followed to find something or someone, such as the paper left behind in a paperchase.
  "The minister's off-hand remark put journalists on the scent of a cover-up."
• (obsolete) Sense, perception.
  "A fit false dreame, that can delude the sleepers sent."

verb

• (transitive) To detect the scent of; to discern by the sense of smell.
  "The hounds scented the fox in the woods."
• (ambitransitive) To inhale in order to detect the scent of (something).
  "I paused to scent the breeze as I entered the valley."
• (transitive, figurative) To have a suspicion of; to detect the possibility of (something).
  "I scented trouble when I saw them running down the hill towards me."
• (transitive) To impart an odour to, to cause to have a particular smell.
  "Scent the air with burning sage before you begin your meditation."