Fog

/fɒɡ/ · noun

Meaning

(uncountable) A thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud..

Definitions by Sense

1. (uncountable) A thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud.
2. (uncountable) A mist or film clouding a surface.
3. (figurative) A state of mind characterized by lethargy and confusion.
4. (photography) A silver deposit or other blur on a negative or developed photographic image.
5. (computer graphics) Distance fog.
6. (intransitive) To become covered with or as if with fog.
7. (intransitive) To become obscured in condensation or water.
8. (intransitive, photography) To become dim or obscure.

Example Sentences

a bank of fog

Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor;[…].

Wallis and Curtiz eventually agreed to shoot Howard Koch’s preferred ending, with distraught Ilse^([sic]), still in love with Rick, going off with Laszlo to America, and Rick and Louis going off together into the fog. (In Morocco? Fog? Never mind.)

He did so many drugs, he was still in a fog three months after going through detox.

I was on my way to the door, but all at once, through the fog in my head, I began to sight one reef that I hadn't paid any attention to afore.

The mirror fogged every time he showered.

Fogging for adult mosquito control began on June 4th in residential areas. Until September 25th, the Metro area was fogged eleven times, using nine truck-mounted foggers, eight hand swing foggers, and two boats.

Unfortunately, the pendulum has swung way too far to the other end where the saying in the industry is is^([sic]) that if you could fog a mirror, you could get a loan.

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• fogs
• fogging
• fogged

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