transitive. To smell, perceive by smell.

To have perception of (an object, odour, etc.) by means of the olfactory sense.

transitive. To perceive by scent or smell.

transitive. To smell, to taste; (with clause) to perceive by means of smell or taste. Also intransitive. Scottish, Irish English (northern), and E…

To smell out, scent.

transitive. To perceive (a scent or odour); to smell, esp. (in later use) with enjoyment. Now rare except as merged with sense 5c.

transitive. To perceive, notice, or recognize by sense of smell; esp. (of a hound or other animal) to find or discern the scent or scent trail of…

transitive. To get the wind of (wind, n.1 4); to perceive (an animal, a person, or thing) by the scent conveyed by the wind.

transitive. To obtain (a position of superiority or advantage over another person). Cf. to get of —— at phrasal verbs 2.

transitive. Of animals, hounds, etc.: to become aware of, to detect or perceive, by means of the sense of smell; = scent, v. 2. Obsolete.

transitive. To perceive by the sense of smell; to discover, notice, or recognize by smell. Also with out.

To find or make (one's way) by the sense of smell. Also figurative.

transitive. To smell out; to detect, to perceive. Obsolete.

To detect, perceive, or anticipate, by inhaling the odour of. Also frequently figurative.

to get (also take, pick up) the scent and variants: to detect or identify the scent trail of a quarry. to have the (also a) scent: to have…

Of a dog (esp. a hound): to follow a scent trail.

transitive. Chiefly Scottish. To apprehend with the physical senses; esp. to perceive (a smell or taste), to feel or experience (a pain). Cf. sense…

To inhale, to clear, to search out or examine, by snuffing.

transitive. To scent. Also absol. and figurative.