fog

fog
I UK [fɒɡ] / US [fɔɡ] noun *
1) [countable/uncountable] a thick cloud that forms close to the ground or to water and is difficult to see through. Fog is thicker than mist
thick/heavy/dense/freezing fog:

Heavy fog forced drivers to slow down.

a patch of fog:

There may be some patches of fog around dawn.

a blanket of fog (= fog that covers everything):

a thick blanket of fog in the valley

fog lifts (= goes away):

We'll leave when this fog has lifted.

2) [singular] a cloud of smoke or some other gas
fog of:

a fog of cigar smoke

3) [singular] a confused or confusing situation or state
in a fog:

My mind's in a complete fog.

fog of:

She shook off the fog of sleep.


II UK [fɒɡ] / US [fɔɡ] verb
Word forms "fog":
present tense I/you/we/they fog he/she/it fogs present participle fogging past tense fogged past participle fogged
1) fog or fog up
[intransitive/transitive] if a window or mirror fogs, or if you fog it, it becomes covered with steam so that you cannot see through it or in it
2)
a) [transitive] to make someone confused

My brain was fogged by sleep.

b) to make something confusing or difficult to understand
fog the issue:

Your questions are only fogging the issue.


English dictionary. 2014.

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  • fog´gi|ly — fog|gy «FOG ee, FG », adjective, gi|er, gi|est. 1. having much fog; misty; murky: »If it is cloudy, rainy, or foggy, the water vapor in the air is condensing (Beauchamp, Mayfield, and …   Useful english dictionary

  • fog|gy — «FOG ee, FG », adjective, gi|er, gi|est. 1. having much fog; misty; murky: »If it is cloudy, rainy, or foggy, the water vapor in the air is condensing (Beauchamp, Mayfield, and …   Useful english dictionary

  • Fog — (f[o^]g), n. [Cf. Scot. fog, fouge, moss, foggage rank grass, LL. fogagium, W. ffwg dry grass.] (Agric.) (a) A second growth of grass; aftergrass. (b) Dead or decaying grass remaining on land through the winter; called also {foggage}. [Prov.Eng.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Fog — (f[o^]g), v. t. (Agric.) To pasture cattle on the fog, or aftergrass, of; to eat off the fog from. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Fog — (f[o^]g), v. i. [Etymol. uncertain.] To practice in a small or mean way; to pettifog. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Where wouldst thou fog to get a fee? Dryden. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Fog — Fog, v. i. (Photog.) To show indistinctly or become indistinct, as the picture on a negative sometimes does in the process of development. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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