Definitions for fogfɒg, fɔg
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
fogfɒg, fɔg(n.; v.)fogged, fog•ging.
(n.)a cloudlike mass or layer of minute water droplets or ice crystals near the surface of the earth, appreciably reducing visibility.
Category: Meteorology
any darkened state of the atmosphere, or the diffused substance that causes it.
a state of mental confusion or unawareness; daze.
a hazy effect on a developed photographic negative or positive.
Category: Photography
a mixture consisting of liquid particles dispersed in a gaseous medium.
Category: Chemistry
(v.t.)to cover or envelop with or as if with fog.
to confuse or obscure:
The debate just fogged the issue.
to bewilder or perplex.
to produce fog on (a photographic negative or positive).
Category: Photography
(v.i.)to become enveloped or obscured with or as if with fog.
(of a photographic negative or positive) to become affected by fog.
Category: Photography
Origin of fog:
1535–45; ME
fog′ger(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
fog(noun)
droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
fog, fogginess, murk, murkiness(noun)
an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance
daze, fog, haze(verb)
confusion characterized by lack of clarity
obscure, befog, becloud, obnubilate, haze over, fog, cloud, mist(verb)
make less visible or unclear
"The stars are obscured by the clouds"; "the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley"
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
fog(noun)ɒg, fɔg
cloud near the ground that prevents you from seeing clearly
thick/dense fog
Webster Dictionary
Fog(noun)
a second growth of grass; aftergrass
Fog(noun)
dead or decaying grass remaining on land through the winter; -- called also foggage
Fog(verb)
to pasture cattle on the fog, or aftergrass, of; to eat off the fog from
Fog(verb)
to practice in a small or mean way; to pettifog
Fog(noun)
watery vapor condensed in the lower part of the atmosphere and disturbing its transparency. It differs from cloud only in being near the ground, and from mist in not approaching so nearly to fine rain. See Cloud
Fog(noun)
a state of mental confusion
Fog(verb)
to envelop, as with fog; to befog; to overcast; to darken; to obscure
Fog(verb)
to show indistinctly or become indistinct, as the picture on a negative sometimes does in the process of development
Translations for fog
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
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.
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