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fog

1  [fog, fawg] noun, verb, fogged, fog⋅ging.
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–noun
1. a cloudlike mass or layer of minute water droplets or ice crystals near the surface of the earth, appreciably reducing visibility. Compare ice fog, mist, smog.
2. any darkened state of the atmosphere, or the diffused substance that causes it.
3. a state of mental confusion or unawareness; daze; stupor: The survivors were in a fog for days after the catastrophe.
4. Photography. a hazy effect on a developed negative or positive, caused by light other than that forming the image, by improper handling during development, or by the use of excessively old film.
5. Physical Chemistry. a mixture consisting of liquid particles dispersed in a gaseous medium.
–verb (used with object)
6. to cover or envelop with or as if with fog: The steam in the room fogged his glasses.
7. to confuse or obscure: The debate did little else but fog the issue.
8. to bewilder or perplex: to fog the mind.
9. Photography. to produce fog on (a negative or positive).
–verb (used without object)
10. to become enveloped or obscured with or as if with fog.
11. Photography. (of a negative or positive) to become affected by fog.
Origin:
1535–45; perh. by back formation from foggy. See fog 2

Related forms:
fogless, adjective

Synonyms:
3. obfuscation. See cloud. 7. becloud, obfuscate, dim, blur, darken. 8. daze, befuddle, muddle, mystify.

Antonyms:
3. clarity. 7. clarify. 10. clear.
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fog

2  [fog, fawg]
–noun U.S. and British Dialect.
1. a second growth of grass, as after mowing.
2. long grass left standing in fields during the winter.
Origin:
1300–50; ME fogge, fog < Scand; cf. Norw fogg long grass on damp ground, foggy
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fog 1   (fôg, fŏg)   
n.  

  1. Condensed water vapor in cloudlike masses lying close to the ground and limiting visibility.

    1. An obscuring haze, as of atmospheric dust or smoke.

    2. A mist or film clouding a surface, as of a window, lens, or mirror.

    3. A state of mental vagueness or bewilderment.

    4. Something that obscures or conceals; a haze: shrouded their actions in a fog of disinformation.

  3. A cloud of vaporized liquid, especially a chemical spray used in fighting fires.

    1. A state of mental vagueness or bewilderment.

    2. Something that obscures or conceals; a haze: shrouded their actions in a fog of disinformation.

  5. A blur on a developed photographic image.

v.   fogged, fog·ging, fogs

v.   tr.

  1. To cover or envelop with or as if with fog.

  2. To cause to be obscured; cloud.

  3. To make vague, hazy, or confused: a memory that had been fogged by time.

  4. To obscure or dim (a photographic image).

v.   intr.

  1. To be covered with or as if with fog.

  2. To be blurred, clouded, or obscured: My glasses fogged in the warm air.

  3. To be dimmed or obscured. Used of a photographic image.


[Perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]
fog'ger n.
fog 2   (fôg, fŏg)   
n.  

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

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


[Middle English fogge, tall grass; see p- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

fog 
1544, from Dan. fog "spray, shower, snowdrift," related to O.N. fok "snow flurry." The word meaning "long grass" (c.1300) may be a different word, but the two may connect via a notion of long grass growing in moist dells of northern Europe. Phrase in a fog "at a loss what to do" first recorded 1602. Foggy Bottom "U.S. Department of State," from the name of a marshy region of Washington, D.C., where many federal buildings are (also with a punning allusion to political murkiness) popularized 1947 by James Reston in "New York Times," but he said it had been used earlier by Edward Folliard of "The Washington Post."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: fog
Pronunciation: 'fäg, 'fog
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: fogged; fog·ging
: to blur (a field ofvision) with lenses that prevent a sharp focus in order to relax accommodation before testing vision
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Idioms & Phrases

fog

see in a fog.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
FOG

  1. fiber optic gyro

  2. father of the groom

The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
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