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fog
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- pronunciation:
- fag
[or]
fawg
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Builder, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a thick cloudlike mass or layer made up of tiny water droplets suspended in the air near the ground.
- synonyms:
- mist, murk
- similar words:
- cloud, haze, humidity, miasma, moisture, pea soup, smog, soup, steam, vapor
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| definition 2: |
a cloudlike mass of dust, smoke, or the like.
- synonyms:
- cloud, haze
- similar words:
- mist
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| definition 3: |
a condition of mental confusion, uncertainty, or bewilderment.
- synonyms:
- bewilderment, confusion, daze, haze, muddle
- similar words:
- stupor, trance
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| definition 4: |
a gaseous medium in which liquid particles are suspended, such as the spray or foam in some fire extinguishers.
- similar words:
- foam, spray
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| related words: |
blur, confusion, fume, jumble |
adjective + (n.)fog
blinding,
burning,
coastal,
cold,
damp,
dense,
eerie,
freezing,
frozen,
gray,
hazy,
heavy,
impenetrable,
light,
lost,
mental,
misty,
opaque,
patchy,
pea-soup,
swirling,
thick,
thin,
visible,
wet
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verb + (n.)fog
disappear, dissolve, drape, emerge, fade, materialize, peer, penetrate, pierce, shine, shroud, surround, swallow, trap, vanish, wander, wipe
(n.)fog
+ verb
billow,
blanket,
blow,
blur,
burn,
clear,
creep,
curl,
descend,
dissipate,
drift,
engulf,
envelop,
float,
hang,
hover,
lift,
loom,
melt,
obscure,
rain,
rise,
roll,
seep,
settle,
spill,
swirl,
thicken,
thin
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noun + (n.)fog
blanket,
breath,
cloud,
condensation,
curtain,
dark,
dawn,
dew,
frost,
haze,
headlight,
ice,
layer,
mirror,
mist,
morning,
ocean,
patch,
rain,
sand,
sea,
shadow,
sky,
snow,
steam,
sun,
swirl,
tide,
valley,
weather,
wind,
winter,
wisp
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
fogs, fogging, fogged |
| definition 1: |
to cover, enclose, or obscure with or as if with a fog.
- synonyms:
- befog, cloud, mist
- similar words:
- blanket, blur, cloak, fume, mantle, obscure, shroud, veil
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| definition 2: |
to cause to be confused; bewilder.
- synonyms:
- addle, baffle, befog, bewilder, confuse, mystify, obfuscate, perplex, puzzle
- similar words:
- muddle
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| definition 3: |
to cause to be uncertain or unclear; obscure.
Too many digressions fogged the speaker's argument.- synonyms:
- blur, confuse, darken, muddy, obfuscate, obscure
- similar words:
- eclipse, muddle
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| related words: |
cloud, mystify, obfuscate, overcast, sprinkle |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to be or become covered, enclosed, or obscured with or as if with a fog.
- synonyms:
- cloud up
- similar words:
- dim, mist
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| related words: |
blur, fume |
adverb + (v.)fog
little, over, still
(v.)fog
+ noun
air, brain, eye, film, glass, lens, mind, oil, window
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