mist

UK /mɪst/ US /mɪst/
verb 6noun 3name 1

Definitions

noun

1

Water or other liquid finely suspended in air. (Compare fog, haze.)

It was difficult to see through the morning mist.

2

A layer of fine droplets or particles.

There was an oily mist on the lens.

3

Anything that dims, darkens, or hinders vision.

His passion cast a mist before his sense.

Alas, I do not have the strength to continue writing. Already, mist veils my eyes.

verb

1

To form mist.

It's misting this morning.

2

To spray fine droplets on, particularly of water.

I mist my tropical plants every morning.

3

To rain in very fine droplets.

... it's misting outside. When it mists outside it's half fog and half rain.

On this particular early morning , with a bitter cold rain misting down, Seminov was reaching the end of his endurance.

4

To cover with a mist.

The lens was misted.

her breath will mist or staine the stone

5

To be covered by tears.

My eyes misted when I remembered what had happened.

verb

1

Alternative form of MST (to mock a work by inserting annotations)

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