“an animal”

We have one entry that includes the term an animal.

put (an animal) off the/someone's scent

idiom

: to cause (an animal) to lose the smell of an animal or person it has been following by sensing the animal's or person's smell often used figuratively


Challenging Words You Should Know

  • hedgehog reading a book
  • Often used to describe “the march of time,” what does inexorable mean?
True or False

Test your knowledge - and maybe learn something along the way.

TAKE THE QUIZ
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.

Pick the best words!

PLAY
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!