fog

[Fog]

Fog is a hazy, cloudy layer of water vapor very that hovers close to the ground. Driving in fog feels a bit like being inside a cloud.

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A second growth of grass; aftergrass

Noun
confusion characterized by lack of clarity

Noun
droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground

Noun
an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance

Verb
make less visible or unclear; "The stars are obscured by the clouds"


n.
A second growth of grass; aftergrass.

n.
Dead or decaying grass remaining on land through the winter; -- called also foggage.

v. t.
To pasture cattle on the fog, or aftergrass, of; to eat off the fog from.

v. i.
To practice in a small or mean way; to pettifog.

n.
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.

n.
A state of mental confusion.

v. t.
To envelop, as with fog; to befog; to overcast; to darken; to obscure.

v. i.
To show indistinctly or become indistinct, as the picture on a negative sometimes does in the process of development.


Fog

Fog , n. [Cf. Scot. fog, fouge, moss, foggag? rank grass, LL. fogagium, W. ffug 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.] Halliwell. Sometimes called, in New England, old tore. In Scotland, fog is a general name for moss.

Fog

Fog , v. t. (Agric.) To pasture cattle on the fog, or aftergrass, of; to eat off the fog from.

Fog

Fog , v. i. [Etymol. uncertain.] To practice in a small or mean way; to pettifog. [Obs.]
Where wouldst thou fog to get a fee?

Fog

Fog , n. [Dan. sneefog snow falling thick, drift of snow, driving snow, cf. Icel. fok spray, snowdrift, fj?? snowstorm, fj?ka to drift.] 1. 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. 2. A state of mental confusion. Fog alarm, Fog bell, Fog horn, etc., a bell, horn, whistle or other contrivance that sounds an alarm, often automatically, near places of danger where visible signals would be hidden in thick weather. -- Fog bank, a mass of fog resting upon the sea, and resembling distant land. -- Fog ring, a bank of fog arranged in a circular form, -- often seen on the coast of Newfoundland.

Fog

Fog , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fogged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Fogging .] To envelop, as with fog; to befog; to overcast; to darken; to obscure.

Fog

Fog , v. i. (Photog.) To show indistinctly or become indistinct, as the picture on a negative sometimes does in the process of development.

A second growth of grass; aftergrass

(Agric.) To pasture cattle on the fog, or aftergrass, of; to eat off the fog from.

To practice in a small or mean way; to pettifog.

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.

To envelop, as with fog; to befog; to overcast; to darken; to obscure.

To show indistinctly or become indistinct, as the picture on a negative sometimes does in the process of development

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Usage Examples

Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us.

Technology is so much fun but we can drown in our technology. The fog of information can drive out knowledge.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

There were times after my marriage ended where, you know, I really felt like I was at the bottom of a mountain, there was a great big, fog up there, and I'm never going to cross to the other side.

We went to a small lake, Bass Lake. It was beautiful. It was perfectly still when we got there in the morning. The fog was lifting off the water. It was just magical. And we did catch some fish, 13 fish.

Also, as I lay there thinking of my vision, I could see it all again and feel the meaning with a part of me like a strange power glowing in my body but when the part of me that talks would try to make words for the meaning, it would be like fog and get away from me.

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