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noun
1.
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
2.
a cloud of particles resembling this: She sprayed a mist of perfume onto her handkerchief.
3.
something that dims, obscures, or blurs: the mist of ignorance.
4.
a haze before the eyes that dims the vision: a mist of tears.
5.
EXPANDa suspension of a liquid in a gas.
6.
a drink of liquor served over cracked ice.
7.
COLLAPSEa fine spray produced by a vaporizer to add moisture to the air for breathing.
verb (used without object)
8.
to become misty.
9.
to rain in very fine drops; drizzle (usually used impersonally with it as subject): It was misting when they went out for lunch.
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verb (used with object)
10.
to make misty.
11.
to spray (plants) with a finely diffused jet of water, as a means of replacing lost moisture.
Origin:
before 900; (noun) Middle English, Old English; cognate with Dutch, Low German, Swedish mist; akin to Greek omíchlē fog, Russian mgla mist, Sanskrit megha cloud; (v.) Middle English misten, Old English mistian, derivative of the noun
before 900; (noun) Middle English, Old English; cognate with Dutch, Low German, Swedish mist; akin to Greek omíchlē fog, Russian mgla mist, Sanskrit megha cloud; (v.) Middle English misten, Old English mistian, derivative of the noun
Related forms
mist·less, adjective
de·mist, verb (used with object)
un·der·mist, noun
Example Sentences
- The mountain, swathed in mist on that winter morning, had the proper look of a place of spirits.
- The flight lands in a rainstorm of mist and scattered drip-drops.
- Leis stay fragrant and can last more than a week if you refrigerate them and mist with water periodically.
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Word Origin & History
mist
O.E. mist "dimness, mist" (earliest in compounds, such as misthleoðu "misty cliffs," wælmist "mist of death"), from P.Gmc. *mikhstaz (cf. M.L.G. mist, Icelandic mistur), from PIE *migh-/*meigh- (cf. Gk. omikhle, O.C.S. migla, Skt. mih, megha "cloud, mist").
EXPAND"Sometimes distinguished from fog, either as being less opaque or as consisting of drops large enough to have a perceptible downward motion." [O.E.D.]Also in O.E. in sense of "dimness of the eyes, either by illness or tears," and in fig. sense of "things that obscure mental vision." The verb is O.E. mistian. Misty is O.E. mistig.
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mist  (mĭst) Pronunciation Key
A mass of fine droplets of water in the atmosphere near or in contact with the Earth. Mist reduces visibility to not less than 1 km (0.62 mi). Compare fog. |
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