"scent out" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "scents out",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scenting out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scented out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scented out",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "scent out (third-person singular simple present scents out, present participle scenting out, simple past and past participle scented out)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"out\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1749, Henry Fielding, chapter I, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book IV:",
          "text": "To be plain, I much question whether the politician, who hath generally a good nose, hath not scented out somewhat of the utility of this practice.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "[1898], J[ohn] Meade Falkner, Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934, →OCLC:",
          "text": "'Be careful what you do,' rejoined another man's voice that I did not know, 'lest someone see you digging, and scent us out.'",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To locate by following a scent."
      ],
      "id": "en-scent_out-en-verb-cUgSNtgD",
      "links": [
        [
          "locate",
          "locate"
        ],
        [
          "scent",
          "scent"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To locate by following a scent."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sniff out"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "scent out"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "scents out",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scenting out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scented out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scented out",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "scent out (third-person singular simple present scents out, present participle scenting out, simple past and past participle scented out)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs formed with \"out\"",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1749, Henry Fielding, chapter I, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book IV:",
          "text": "To be plain, I much question whether the politician, who hath generally a good nose, hath not scented out somewhat of the utility of this practice.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "[1898], J[ohn] Meade Falkner, Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934, →OCLC:",
          "text": "'Be careful what you do,' rejoined another man's voice that I did not know, 'lest someone see you digging, and scent us out.'",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To locate by following a scent."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "locate",
          "locate"
        ],
        [
          "scent",
          "scent"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To locate by following a scent."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "sniff out"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scent out"
}