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mist noun [ mɪst ]

• a cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface that limits visibility (to a lesser extent than fog; strictly, with visibility remaining above 1 km).
• "the peaks were shrouded in mist"
Similar: haze, fog, smog, murk, cloud, cloudiness, mistiness, Scotch mist, haar, vapour, drizzle, spray, steam, condensation, film, (sea) fret, clag, brume, fume,

mist verb

• cover or become covered with mist.
• "the windows of the car were misted up with condensation"
Similar: steam up, become misty, fog over/up, haze over, film over, cloud over, become cloudy, become blurred,
Origin: Old English, of Germanic origin; from an Indo-European root shared by Greek omikhlē ‘mist, fog’.


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