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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 fog²

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—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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fog¹ Audio Help (fôg, fŏg) Pronunciation Key
n.

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.
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.
A blur on a developed photographic image.