mist
(mɪst )
Word forms: mists , misting , misted
1. variable noun B2
Mist consists of a large number of tiny drops of water in the air, which make it difficult to see very far.
Thick mist made flying impossible.
A bluish mist hung in the air.
Mists and fog swirled about the road.
Synonyms: fog, cloud, steam, spray
2. verb
If a piece of glass mists or is misted, it becomes covered with tiny drops of moisture, so that you cannot see through it easily.
The windows misted, blurring the stark streetlight. [VERB]
The temperature in the car was misting the window. [VERB noun]
Mist over and mist up mean the same as mist.
The front windshield was misting over. [VERB PARTICLE]
She stood in front of the misted-up mirror. [VERB-ed PARTICLE]
3. verb
If someone's eyes mist, they cannot see easily because there are tears in their eyes.
Her eyes misted with tears. [VERB]
Mist over means the same as mist.
His eyes misted over and he started to shake. [VERB PARTICLE]
Phrasal verbs:
mist over mist [sense 2]
mist up mist [sense 2]
Image of mist
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Collocations:
morning mist swirling mist thick mist
Morning mist clears to give views of a rocky canyon and a wide, open valley below.
Times, Sunday Times
It's not often you see a huge ferry glide silently out of the morning mist past your bedroom window.
The Sun
Come for morning mist in the valleys, interesting shopping, waterbirds arrowing across marshes and pints by the fire.
Times,Sunday Times
The deputy prime minister insisted, however, that his departure would not make the party's problems 'float off like the morning mist'.
Times, Sunday Times
In the morning mist it's hard to tell where the land ends and the sky begins.
The Sun
I can remember mist, spooky clouds of swirling mist, lapping around us.
Times, Sunday Times
We had baking sun and swirling mist, and ate well everywhere.
Times, Sunday Times
You glide down long tunnels of swirling mist.
Times, Sunday Times
Towards evening a thick mist rolled in from the sea, bringing an even deeper silence.
Times, Sunday Times
We stayed indoors, reading, chatting, eating crisps and watching the thick mist swirling around the mountain peaks.
Times,Sunday Times
A thick mist was suspended in the wintry air.
Times, Sunday Times
A thick mist had rolled across town.
Times, Sunday Times
The day was very dark owing to a thick mist, so that they did not see one another until they came face to face.
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Translations:
Chinese: 薄雾
Japanese: もや
- hit man
- hit movie
- hit on
- hit one's stride
- hit or miss
- hit out
- hit parade
- hit paydirt
- hit pay dirt
- hit play
- hit record
- hit rock bottom
- hit series
- hit sitcom
- hitter
- hit the accelerator
- hit the airwaves
- hit the beach
- hit the big time
- hit the bottle
- hit the buffers
- hit the buzzer
- hit the clutch
- hit the crossbar
- hit the deck