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fog

[fog, fawg]

noun

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.

any darkened state of the atmosphere, or the diffused substance that causes it.

a state of mental confusion or unawareness; daze; stupor: The survivors were in a fog for days after the catastrophe.

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.

Physical Chemistry. a mixture consisting of liquid particles dispersed in a gaseous medium.

verb (used with object)

to cover or envelop with or as if with fog: The steam in the room fogged his glasses.

to confuse or obscure: The debate did little else but fog the issue.

to bewilder or perplex: to fog the mind.

Photography. to produce fog on (a negative or positive).

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Fog is always a great word to know.

So is zoopraxiscope. Does it mean:

the first assembly of a film following preliminary cutting and editing

an early type of motion-picture projector in which photographs were placed within a rotating disk and viewed in quick succession

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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; perhaps by back formation from foggy. See fog²

Related forms

fog·less, adjective

un·fogged, adjective

un·fog·ging, adjective

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

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

Example Sentences

Fog is fin-de-siecle weather, or so it seemed on an early morning walk across town yesterday.

See if that doesn't lift the fog from the art, and the reader.

Egypt is stuck in a not-quite-revolutionary limbo, and a fog has set over its political horizon.

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Fog is fin-de-siecle weather, or so it seemed on an early morning walk across town yesterday.

See if that doesn't lift the fog from the art, and the reader.

Egypt is stuck in a not-quite-revolutionary limbo, and a fog has set over its political horizon.

Head there for a little more sunshine when fog covers the city.

Fog could prove to be an unexpected source of drinking water for many remote regions of the world.

Thick ground fog swirls around snags of beeches and oaks.

Tolerates full sun in fog belt or cool northwestern gardens.

Kick your costume-mandatory dance party into high gear by filling the dance floor with heaps of fake fog.

Lawrence is at a standstill owing to dense fog and smoke from forest fires.

As she drives out of the hollow, clumps of fog wreathe the ridgeline, and the mountainsides are washed in muted greens and grays.

But gambles taken in the fog of a financial crisis can also prove horribly misguided.

The region is so dry that it receives more moisture from ocean fog than from its meager allotment of annual rainfall.

No known technology can compensate for lack of transparency or fog.

Don't touch the negative, as heat from your fingers will create fog marks on the film.

He planted in waves and painted the walls the gray of coastal fog.

One is that the fog of war can lead troops down some awfully strange paths.

The productivity debate is surrounded by a thick statistical fog.

The fog has lifted and the evening air has stolen in, wrapping the mountain and the desert below in a deep chill.

We traversed up and then across the glacier to pick up all of our old marker flags from a hike in the fog two days earlier.

The fog rolls in as the cow sightings give way to brown pelicans, otters, and sea lions on their own seafood quests.

They found that the position of the sun in the sky could be calculated even in clouds and fog.

Truck traffic clogged the road, bisecting vegetable patches and rice paddies that seemed to disappear into the fog that morning.

The unnatural gloom is believed to have been caused by smoke from forest fires, possibly coupled with heavy fog.

On such a day here, the surrounding peaks stab into clouds while fog droops into valleys below.

But a thick fog could keep thieves from finding your valuables.

Fog and lasers reveal the wind beneath a bat's wings.

If you live where fog rolls in on summer afternoons, any place in your garden will supply ideal conditions.

Many of us occasionally find ourselves eclipsed by mental fog.

Fog drifts through moss-cloaked, bear-loving forests, and only puffins break the silence at remote beaches.

Maybe the water will be warm enough to swim in without a wet suit, and the summer fog won't be so bad.

Such a gorgeous piece of property-tendrils of fog sneaking through ridgetop woods.

It is tiring and frustrating when, at this point, some people still seem in a fog.

The reason is that in the winter the water vapor turns to ice or fog.

By the time the pilots and the mechanic drain the over-wing fuel tank into a drum, fog obscures the horizon.

It's the opaque fog the photons left behind that would get in the way of seeing stars.

The murky fog soup blanketing the river burns off to reveal sparkling water and blue skies.

The light fog that was lingering at midday turned into a yellow overcast darkness in the afternoon.

Out of the fog of uncertainty over the economics of climate change, the outline of a few conclusions emerges.

Awash in fog and rain, the park sustains a splendid contrast between its wild.

Fog hides the stands of loblolly pines-practically the only green things growing at this.

They'll also have fog machines, creepy music, and eerie lighting to set the mood.

The downtown skyline is shrouded in a blanket of fog.

The lighthouse was one of the first to use a fog bell.

The rain and fog suffuse the mountains with the moisture that makes them so astonishingly full of life.

Will the gathering clouds continue to keep his career shrouded in a fog of.

It will get better, though you may need a couple of weeks recovery time to let the exhaustion fog clear.

Today dawned gray-on-gray, silver fog touching the sea's silvered surface, with not a whisper of wind.

Apart from a brief moment, when the text appeared in the sky and looked miraculous, the fog killed the projections for awhile.

We are in a commerce-induced fog and it's blinding.

In the fog of war, once-beloved pets become abandoned strays at the mercy of bombs and bullets.

The plane took off in heavy fog and reportedly hit power lines that sheared a wing.

Could see with the fog making all things a mist, yes.

Their study, for the first time, lifts the fog on the migration routes of albatrosses between breeding seasons.

If you have both of those running at once, you don't have a problem with fog.

Perhaps it will help a few people clear the fog in their minds, and focus on what the science really is.

The landscape is relatively flat meaning there is no mountain obstructions or fog to cover the sky.

The blue fog is mostly due to starlight reflecting off small dust particles.

Patrick himself remains in a mysterious fog of fact and legend.

Most of it will condense and fall out as rain and fog along the way and no longer contribute to warming.

Vaporator lens technology keeps lenses consistently fog free.

Late sun backlights mountains and fog in this dramatic scene.

Deer wander in from the forest fringe and fog settles in the valley below.

Fog machines and speakers fill the buildings with smoke and the sounds of gunfire or barking dogs.

On this night-the final night-a fog swirled across the desert, as thick and impenetrable as a sandstorm.

As the fog of fear and adrenaline start to fade, you go back over it and one of two things happens:.

The fog enshrouded our tepui summit, limiting visibility to a few feet.

Driving fast in a whiteout dust fog is an excellent way to get killed.

Cannons on a historic battlefield might look better in fog than in bright sunlight.

There's a cozy feeling when the fog rolls in, or when you're in the forest, surrounded.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

noun U.S. and British Dialect.

a second growth of grass, as after mowing.

long grass left standing in fields during the winter.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English fogge, fog < Scandinavian; compare Norwegian fogg long grass on damp ground, foggy

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World English Dictionary

fog¹ (fɒɡ)

—n
1.	a mass of droplets of condensed water vapour suspended in the air, often greatly reducing visibility, corresponding to a cloud but at a lower level
2.	a cloud of any substance in the atmosphere reducing visibility
3.	a state of mental uncertainty or obscurity
4.	photog a blurred or discoloured area on a developed negative, print, or transparency caused by the action of extraneous light, incorrect development, etc
5.	a colloid or suspension consisting of liquid particles dispersed in a gas

—vb , fogs, fogging, fogged
6.	to envelop or become enveloped with or as if with fog
7.	to confuse or become confused: to fog an issue
8.	photog to produce fog on (a negative, print, or transparency) or (of a negative, print, or transparency) to be affected by fog

[C16: perhaps back formation from foggy damp, boggy, from fog²]

fog² (fɒɡ)

—n
	a. a second growth of grass after the first mowing
	b. grass left to grow long in winter

[C14: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Norwegian fogg rank grass]

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Word Origin & History

fog

1540s, 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 c.1600.

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Science Dictionary

fog (fôg) Pronunciation Key

A dense layer of cloud lying close to the surface of the ground or water and reducing visibility to less than 1 km (0.62 mi). Fog occurs when the air temperature becomes identical, or nearly identical, to the dew point.
An opaque or semiopaque condensation of a substance floating in a region or forming on a surface.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms

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