Meaning

(transitive) To remove the moisture or fog from..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To remove the moisture or fog from.
2. (transitive) To free from confusion
3. (intransitive) To become less covered in fog or mist.
4. (intransitive) To become clearer or less confused.
5. (transitive, optometry) To adjust the lenses a patient looks through in order to clarify their vision.

Example Sentences

If you get any of this on the faceplate, you won't be able to unfog your mask until you wash the silicone off the glass with soap and water.

...and it was so embarrassing and they always seem to bring the lights on immediately, and here I am with my wet glasses, and I'm trying to unfog them and get the bloodshot veins out of my eyes.

After a shower or bath, use a hair dryer to unfog the steamed-up mirror.

Let us unfog our minds, and abide by the eternal largesse of our hearts.

Until we clarify our minds, or at least "unfog" them a little on this issue, there will be a great many related matters on which it will be difficult for us to gain perspective.

It would help to unfog the channels of distribution so that manufacturers, jobbers and retailers would know where they stood.

Prepositions are not bad or wrong necessarily, and they may not be incorrect grammatically, but they signal an area that can be revised if you want to write more explicitly or to unfog your writing.

The meter would fog up when removed from the freezer (water vapor condensation, a natural effect), but would quickly unfog in the oven.

Word Forms

• unfogs
• unfogging
• unfogged

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When Should You Use Unfog?

Use unfog when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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