1. Having a natural fragrance
   "scented flowers"; "sweet-scented spices";
   - odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, sweet, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling, odiferous
    
2. Filled or impregnated with perfume
   "scented soap";
   - perfumed
    
3. (used in combination) having the odour of
   "clean-scented laundry"; "a manure-scented barnyard"
    
4. Having the sense of smell
   "keen-scented hounds"

1. Catch the scent of; get wind of
   "The dog scented out the drugs";
   - nose, wind
    
2. Cause to smell or be smelly
   "They scented the natural gas for safety reasons";
   - odorize, odourise [Brit, non-standard], odorise [Brit]
    
3. Apply perfume to
   "She scented her wrists with lavender";
   - perfume
    
4. Detect, sense or anticipate something
   "The investors scented an opportunity for profit"

See also: fragrant, odorous

Type of: cause to be perceived, groom, neaten, smell

Encyclopedia: Scent