fog

UK /fɒɡ/ US /fɑɡ/
noun 10verb 8adj 1

Definitions

noun

1

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

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;[…].

2

A mist or film clouding a surface.

3

A state of mind characterized by lethargy and confusion.

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.

4

A silver deposit or other blur on a negative or developed photographic image.

5

Distance fog.

verb

1

To become covered with or as if with fog.

2

To become obscured in condensation or water.

The mirror fogged every time he showered.

3

To become dim or obscure.

4

To make dim or obscure.

5

To spoil (film) via exposure to light other than in the normal process of taking a photograph.

noun

1

A new growth of grass appearing on a field that has been mowed or grazed.

The inclosures of fog, or aftergrass, reserved for spring-feed, are now supposed to be shut up, also the burnet, which is never to be fed in autumn ...

2

Tall and decaying grass left standing after the cutting or grazing season.

[…] and they generally leave a great deal of Fog to rot on the Ground, which, with the Help of his well turned Dung-hill, dress his Ground […]

3

Moss.

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