fog
noun
[ fɒɡ ]
• a thick cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface which obscures or restricts visibility (to a greater extent than mist; strictly, reducing visibility to below 1 km).
• "the collision occurred in thick fog"
Similar:
mist,
mistiness,
fogginess,
haar,
smog,
murk,
murkiness,
haze,
haziness,
gloom,
gloominess,
pea-souper,
(sea) fret,
clag,
brume,
fume,
• a state or cause of perplexity or confusion.
• "the coffee helped clear the fog in my brain"
fog
verb
• (with reference to a glass surface) cover or become covered with steam.
• "hot steam drifted about her, fogging up the window"
Similar:
steam up,
mist over,
cloud over,
film over,
become misty,
become blurred,
become covered in condensation,
make hazy,
make cloudy,
obscure,
shade,
veil,
befog,
becloud,
• bewilder or puzzle.
• "she stared at him, confusion fogging her brain"
Similar:
muddle,
daze,
stupefy,
fuddle,
befuddle,
bewilder,
confuse,
perplex,
baffle,
obscure,
bedim,
becloud,
obfuscate,
• spray with an insecticide.
Origin:
mid 16th century: perhaps a back-formation from foggy.
fog
noun
• the grass which grows in a field after a crop of hay has been taken.
Origin:
late Middle English: origin uncertain; perhaps related to Norwegian fogg .
