fog
IPA: fˈɑg
noun
- (uncountable) A thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud.
- (uncountable) A mist or film clouding a surface.
- (figurative) A state of mind characterized by lethargy and confusion.
- (photography) A silver deposit or other blur on a negative or developed photographic image.
- (computer graphics) Distance fog.
- A new growth of grass appearing on a field that has been mowed or grazed.
- (UK, dialect) Tall and decaying grass left standing after the cutting or grazing season.
- (Scotland) Moss.
- Initialism of fat, oil, and grease. [(uncountable) A specialized animal tissue with high lipid content, used for long-term storage of energy: fat tissue.]
- Initialism of frequency of gobbledygook: the commonness of long and complicated words in a text, as measured by systems like the Gunning fog index.
verb
- (intransitive) To become covered with or as if with fog.
- (intransitive) To become obscured in condensation or water.
- (intransitive, photography) To become dim or obscure.
- (transitive, photography) To make dim or obscure.
- (transitive, photography) To spoil (film) via exposure to light other than in the normal process of taking a photograph.
- (transitive) To cover with or as if with fog.
- (transitive) To disperse insecticide into (a forest canopy) so as to collect organisms.
- (transitive) To obscure in condensation or water.
- (transitive) To make confusing or obscure.
- (transitive) To pasture cattle on the fog (of), or aftergrass, of; to eat off the fog from (a field).
- (intransitive) To become covered with the kind of grass called fog.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To practice in a small or mean way; to pettifog.
adjective
- Initialism of fraudulently-obtained genuine. (a type of illicit passport)
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