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(physics, meteorology) A type of fog caused by the passage of moist air horizontally over a relatively colder surface and the consequent cooling of that air to below its dew point.
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(informal) The presence of dense smog in many parts of Asia.
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(medicine) The extension of a blister to adjacent unblistered skin when pressure is put on the top of the bulla.
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To envelop in fog or smoke.
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(of weather) windy and rainy
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(obsolete) Blacking, blackening.
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(literary) Mist, fog, vapour.
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(biology, medicine) A blister, vesicle, or other thin-walled cavity or lesion, as:
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Of flowers of buds, to bloom suddenly or in a short period of time.
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An agent or substance that makes a drink, etc. cloudy.
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(food science) To make (a drink, etc.) cloudy.
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(dated, fandom slang) Opaque fluid used to mask textual errors, especially on mimeograph stencils or typewritten pages of fanzines.
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A roughened surface, especially one on glass that clouds its transparency.
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A haze resulting from fine droplets of water, potentially coalesced around fine hygroscopic particles, which slightly restricts visibility, but not as much as a fog.
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To fall or cover with white flakes, like dandruff.
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(transitive) To remove the moisture or fog from.
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(computer graphics) A gradient that progressively obscures objects as they get further from the camera, typically used to avoid the processing overhead of rendering distant objects.
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A fog or haze made up of dust or smoke particles, which consequently does not moisten exposed surfaces.
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A haze occurring in low humidity, resulting from particles too fine to be felt or seen by the naked eye.
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(obsolete) Alternative form of edgrow [(obsolete) Aftergrass; eddish.]
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A form of mirage caused by a temperature inversion in the atmosphere, especially one seen in the Strait of Messina.
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Any mist rising from swampy ground, formerly believed to cause fever; a miasma.
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(uncountable) A thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud. (Compare mist, haze.)
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alternative form of fogbank [A bank of fog.]
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The collection of water from fog, using a canvas to pick up the water particles.
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A canvas or any other device used to collect water particles from fog.
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The liquid pumped through a fogger to generate the artificial fog.
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A division in altitude above which fog appears.
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Synonym of fogger (device that generates artificial fog)
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The uncertainty in situational awareness experienced by participants in military operations.
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(military) Petroleum based oil specially blended to produce a dense, efficient, screening smoke when vaporized and recondensed at atmospheric temperatures. Officially, fog oil is standard grade fuel number 2 (SGF2).
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(transitive, intransitive) To coat, or become coated, with condensation. To steam up.
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a ray of light seen amidst fog
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(UK, dialect) Dead or decaying grass remaining on land through the winter.
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A device that generates artificial fog or smoke for stage performances.
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Synonym of foggy (“obscured by mist or fog; unclear; hazy”)
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Being, covered with, or pertaining to fog (“tall grass etc that grows after, or is left after, cutting; moss”)
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(obsolete) Blackened; made swart or swarthy; sunburnt.
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(Northumbria) A fog or mist at sea, or coming inland from the sea.
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(weather) A low-lying fog extending only a few feet above ground.
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Alternative form of groundmist. [A low-lying fog.]
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Alternative form of groundmist [A low-lying fog.]
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Marked by the presence of haar (“coastal fog”); foggy.
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Obsolete form of haze. [Very fine solid particles (smoke, dust) or liquid droplets (moisture) suspended in the air, slightly limiting visibility. (Compare fog, mist.)]
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Very fine solid particles (smoke, dust) or liquid droplets (moisture) suspended in the air, slightly limiting visibility. (Compare fog, mist.)
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To become covered in haze.
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Of the color of a lake pigment; murky.
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(obsolete) Of, pertaining to, or like, mud; living in mud.
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(obsolete) Falling in small drops; mistling; mizzing.
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A fine rain or thick mist; mizzle.
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Alternative form of mizzly [Raining in very small drops; misty; drizzly.]
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(countable, uncountable) Water or other liquid finely suspended in air. (Compare fog, haze.)
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Alternative form of mist belt [A region at middle altitude that is regularly misty, as opposed to the areas above and below.]
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Alternative form of mist belt [A region at middle altitude that is regularly misty, as opposed to the areas above and below.]
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Covered in mist; foggy.
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a thick mist or fine rain
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(transitive) To give a watered or clouded appearance to (a surface).
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(transitive) To surpass in blooms.
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Of or relating to a marsh.
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Growing or living in marshy places; marshy.
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Alternative form of fizzog
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(rare) A dry fog or dry haze, chiefly of the upper Nile but rarely also elsewhere, which has a brownish-yellow color when slight (sometimes only perceptible from a distance) and darker yellow-grey color when thicker (sometimes obscuring the landscape and blotting out the stars).
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An area which is unusually dry due to nearby geographic features including mountain ranges.
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A break in the clouds, fog, mist etc., which allows light through.
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(UK, dialect) Misty; foggy; cloudy.
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Containing or consisting of dew; dewy.
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Resembling coarse sand.
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(Britain) A cold and penetrating mist, verging on rain.
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A fog formed when very cold air moves over warmer water.
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Of or relating to a shower or showers.
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(rare) Astringent; detergent.
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A noxious mixture of particulates and gases that is the result of urban air pollution.
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Obsolete form of soot. [Fine black or dull brown particles of amorphous carbon and tar, produced by the incomplete combustion of coal, oil etc.]
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(poetic) Full of spray; spraying.
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A type of wetland that stretches for vast distances, and is home to many creatures which have adapted specifically to that environment.
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A thick, persistent ground fog, canonically found in parts of California's Central Valley, where it forms from late fall through early spring (rainy season), which may contain cold or freezing drizzle.
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Water evaporating as visible mist.
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Obsolete form of watery. [Resembling or characteristic of water.]
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