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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Examples of "fog" in Sentences
- But they died according to what we call the fog of war.
- The convoy has disappeared into what they call the fog of war.
- BOETTCHER: The convoy has disappeared into what they call the fog of war.
- Trying to string together coherent sentences though the brain fog is hard.
- For the private sector, one of the most important signals that cuts through the fog is the profit and loss statement.
- FRANK WUTERICH: It's clear that innocent civilians died that day, but they died according to what we call the fog of war.
- A genuine London fog seems not like the heavy gray mist which we know as a fog, but, as Dickens says, like "palpable brown air."
- Of course, the post-chemotherapy brain fog is perfect inspiration for writing from the point of view of a guy who’s lost his memory.
- Dew is a precipitation of moisture which has not entered the peculiar state which we term fog or cloud, but has remained invisible in the air.
- Shingling on the fog is the great indoor sport for the professional redeemer and uplifter of society; but you don't get very far in a horizontal position on that kind of a foundation.
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