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fog 1
(fôg, fŏg)n.
1. Condensed water vapor in cloudlike masses lying close to the ground and limiting visibility.
2.
a. An obscuring haze, as of atmospheric dust or smoke.
b. A mist or film clouding a surface, as of a window, lens, or mirror.
3. A cloud of vaporized liquid, especially a chemical spray used in fighting fires.
4.
a. A state of mental vagueness or bewilderment.
b. Something that obscures or conceals; a haze: shrouded their actions in a fog of disinformation.
5. A blur on a developed photographic image.
v. fogged, fog·ging, fogs
v.tr.
1. To cover or envelop with fog.
2. To cause to be obscured; cloud.
3. To make vague, hazy, or confused: a memory that had been fogged by time.
4. To obscure or dim (a photographic image).
v.intr.
1. To be covered with fog.
2. To be blurred, clouded, or obscured: My glasses fogged in the warm air.
3. To be dimmed or obscured. Used of a photographic image.
[Perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]
fog′ger n.
fog 2
(fôg, fŏg)n.
1. A new growth of grass appearing on a field that has been mowed or grazed.
2. Tall, coarse grass left standing in fields through the winter.
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fog
(fɒɡ)n
1. (Physical Geography) a mass of droplets of condensed water vapour suspended in the air, often greatly reducing visibility, corresponding to a cloud but at a lower level
2. (Physical Geography) a cloud of any substance in the atmosphere reducing visibility
3. a state of mental uncertainty or obscurity
4. (Photography) photog a blurred or discoloured area on a developed negative, print, or transparency caused by the action of extraneous light, incorrect development, etc
5. (Chemistry) a colloid or suspension consisting of liquid particles dispersed in a gas
vb, fogs, fogging or fogged
6. to envelop or become enveloped with or as if with fog
7. to confuse or become confused: to fog an issue.
8. (Photography) photog to produce fog on (a negative, print, or transparency) or (of a negative, print, or transparency) to be affected by fog
[C16: perhaps back formation from foggy damp, boggy, from fog2]
fog
(fɒɡ)n
(Horticulture)
a. a second growth of grass after the first mowing
b. grass left to grow long in winter
[C14: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Norwegian fogg rank grass]
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fog
(fɒg, fɔg)n., v. fogged, fog•ging. n.
1. a cloudlike mass or layer of minute water droplets or ice crystals near the surface of the earth, appreciably reducing visibility.
2. any darkened state of the atmosphere, or the diffused substance that causes it.
3. a state of mental confusion or unawareness; daze.
4. a hazy effect on a developed photographic negative or positive.
5. a mixture consisting of liquid particles dispersed in a gaseous medium.
v.t. 6. to cover or envelop with or as if with fog.
7. to confuse or obscure: The debate just fogged the issue.
8. to bewilder or perplex.
9. to produce fog on (a photographic negative or positive).
v.i. 10. to become enveloped or obscured with or as if with fog.
11. (of a photographic negative or positive) to become affected by fog.
[1535–45; Middle English]
fog′ger, n.
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fog
(fôg) A dense layer of cloud lying close to the surface of the ground or water.
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Fog
See Also: MIST
- A churning mass of fog was welling up from the sea like a tidal wave —John Dos Passos
- Fog closed in like a long sigh —George Garrett
- Fog … dissolving into the sky like milk in water —Ross Macdonald
- The fog … floated into the garden like gauze —Ludwig Bemelmans
- Fog hung above the road like an alien intelligence —Charles Johnson
- Foggy as London —Robert Traver
- The fog rolled off the river like a woman rolling off a bed —Marianne Wiggins
- The fog smothered sounds like an acoustical curtain —Margaret Millar
- Fog that came like bitter smoke —Stephen Vincent Benét
- (Pines … wrapped with) fog that moved like bits of cloth in the wind —Shirley Ann Grau
- A fog wandering like a pilgrim —Patricia Hampl
- The fog was settling in and became rapidly denser. It was like wading about in dark milk soup —Erich Maria Remarque
- The fog was thick and strangely white. Like wet bed sheets —Bertold Brecht
- Haze … like a thin smoke from slowly burning money —Ross Macdonald
- Night fog thick as terry cloth —Maxine Kumin
- Puffs of white fog which hung there like frozen cabbage —Donald McCaig
- There’s a fog at the waists of the trees, like a sash —William Matthews
- Wreaths of white fog walked like ghosts in the haunted meadow —John Greenleaf Whittier
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fog
Past participle: fogged
Gerund: fogging
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fog
A phenomenon that occurs at ground level when very small droplets of water are formed, by condensation, on dust in the air as a result of air cooling rapidly.
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| Noun | 1. |  fog - droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the groundaerosol - a cloud of solid or liquid particles in a gas fogbank - a large mass of fog on the sea (as seen from a distance) mist - a thin fog with condensation near the ground pea-souper, pea soup - a heavy thick yellow fog |
| 2. | fog - an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance atmospheric state, atmosphere - the weather or climate at some place; "the atmosphere was thick with fog" fug - (British informal) an airless smoky smelly atmosphere | |
| 3. | fog - confusion characterized by lack of clarity confusedness, disarray, mental confusion, muddiness, confusion - a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior; "a confusion of impressions" | |
| Verb | 1. |  fog - make less visible or unclear; "The stars are obscured by the clouds"; "the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley"conceal, hide - prevent from being seen or discovered; "Muslim women hide their faces"; "hide the money" overshadow - cast a shadow upon; "The tall tree overshadowed the house" |
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fog
noun
verb
1. (sometimes with up) mist over or up, cloud over, steam up, become misty The windows fogged immediately.
Related words
fear homichlophobia
fear homichlophobia
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fog
noun1. A thick, heavy atmospheric condition offering reduced visibility because of the presence of suspended particles:
2. A stunned or bewildered condition:
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Translations
ضَبابضَبَابيَكْسو بالضَّباب
mlhazamlžit
tågedis
مه
sumu
magla
ködködbe borít
kabut
fá á sig móîuòoka
霧
안개
caligonebula
aprasotiapsitraukti rūkunegalintis skristi/plaukti dėl rūkorūkassirena esant rūkui
aizmiglotietīt miglāmigla
ceaţăînceţoşaînceţoşat
hmla
megla
magla
dimmaimma
หมอก
sương mù
fog
[fɒg]A. N
1. (Met) → niebla f
B. VT
1. (Phot) → velar
2. (= confuse) [+ matter] → enredar, complicar; [+ person] → confundir, ofuscar
to fog the issue → complicar el asunto
to fog the issue → complicar el asunto
3. (also to fog up) [+ spectacles, window] → empañar
C. VI (also to fog up) → empañarse
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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fog
n
(Phot) → (Grau)schleier m
vt
(also fog up or over) mirror, glasses → beschlagen
(Phot) → verschleiern
vi
(also fog up or over: mirror, glasses) → beschlagen
(Phot, negative) → einen Grauschleier bekommen
fog
:fog bank
n → Nebelbank f
fogbound
adj ship, plane → durch Nebel festgehalten; airport → wegen Nebel(s) geschlossen; the main road to Edinburgh is fog → auf der Hauptstraße nach Edinburgh herrscht dichter Nebel
fog
:fog lamp, fog light
fog signal
n (Naut, Rail) → Nebelsignal nt
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fog
(fog) noun a thick cloud of moisture or water vapour in the air which makes it difficult to see. I had to drive very slowly because of the fog.
verb – past tense, past participle fogged – (usually with up) to cover with fog. Her glasses were fogged up with steam.
ˈfoggy adjective full of, or covered with, fog. It is very foggy tonight.
ˈfog-bound adjective unable to move or function because of fog. The plane is fog-bound.
ˈfog-horn noun a horn used as a warning to or by ships in fog.
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fog
→ ضَبَاب mlha tåge Nebel ομίχλη niebla sumu brouillard magla nebbia 霧 안개 mist tåke mgła neblina, nevoeiro туман dimma หมอก sis sương mù 雾Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009