fog
Pronunciation: (fog, fôg), [key]
— 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. Cf. ice fog, mist, smog.
- any darkened state of the atmosphere, or the diffused substance that causes it.
- a state of mental confusion or unawareness; daze; stupor: The survivors were in a fog for days after the catastrophe.
- a hazy effect on a developed negative or positive, caused by light other than that forming the image, by improper handling during development, or by the use of excessively old film.
- a mixture consisting of liquid particles dispersed in a gaseous medium.
—v.t.
- to cover or envelop with or as if with fog: The steam in the room fogged his glasses.
- to confuse or obscure: The debate did little else but fog the issue.
- to bewilder or perplex: to fog the mind.
- to produce fog on (a negative or positive).
—v.i.
- to become enveloped or obscured with or as if with fog.
- (of a negative or positive) to become affected by fog.
fog
Pronunciation: (fog, fôg), [key]
— n. U.S. and Brit. Dial.
- a second growth of grass, as after mowing.
- long grass left standing in fields during the winter.
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