fog
noun
/fɒɡ/
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- 1countable/uncountable a thick cloud that forms close to the ground or to water and is difficult to see through. Fog is thicker than mistthick/heavy/dense/freezing fog:
Heavy fog forced drivers to slow down.
a patch of fog:There may be some patches of fog around dawn.
a blanket of fog (=fog that covers everything):a thick blanket of fog in the valley
fog lifts (=goes away):We’ll leave when this fog has lifted.
Synonyms and related wordsMoisture in the air, clouds and cloudy weatherbankbillowcirrocumulus - 2singular a cloud of smoke or some other gasfog of:
a fog of cigar smoke
Synonyms and related wordsWords for amounts of specific substancesbillowblockcloud - 3singular a confused or confusing situation or statein a fog:
My mind’s in a complete fog.
fog of:She shook off the fog of sleep.
Synonyms and related wordsFeelings of confusion and distractionconfusionambiguitybewilderment
fog
noun
/fɔɡ/
By böhringer friedrich (Own work) [CC BY-SA 2.5 License], via Wikimedia Commons
- 1countable/uncountable a thick cloud that forms close to the ground or to water and is difficult to see through. Fog is thicker than mistthick/heavy/dense/freezing fog:
Heavy fog forced drivers to slow down.
a patch of fog:There may be some patches of fog around dawn.
a blanket of fog (=fog that covers everything):a thick blanket of fog in the valley
fog lifts (=goes away):We’ll leave when this fog has lifted.
Synonyms and related wordsMoisture in the air, clouds and cloudy weatherbankbillowcirrocumulus - 2singular a cloud of smoke or some other gasfog of:
a fog of cigar smoke
Synonyms and related wordsWords for amounts of specific substancesbillowblockcloud - 3singular a confused or confusing situation or statein a fog:
My mind is in a complete fog.
Synonyms and related wordsFeelings of confusion and distractionconfusionambiguitybewilderment
fog
verb
/fɒɡ/
Word Forms
| present tense | |
| I/you/we/they | fog |
| he/she/it | fogs |
| present participle | fogging |
| past tense | fogged |
| past participle | fogged |
- 1
fog
orintransitive/transitive if a window or mirror fogs, or if you fog it, it becomes covered with steam so that you cannot see through it or in itfog up
Synonyms and related wordsDoors and windowsback doorbay windowbow window - 2transitive to make someone confused
My brain was fogged by sleep.
Synonyms and related wordsTo make someone unable to concentrate or think clearlydiscombobulateconfusedistract- 2ato make something confusing or difficult to understandfog the issue:
Your questions are only fogging the issue.
Synonyms and related wordsTo be, or to make something, difficult to understandcomplicateconfuseobscure
fog
verb
/fɔɡ/
Word Forms
| present tense | |
| I/you/we/they | fog |
| he/she/it | fogs |
| present participle | fogging |
| past tense | fogged |
| past participle | fogged |
- 1
fog
orintransitive/transitive if a window or mirror fogs, or if you fog it, it becomes covered with steam so that you cannot see through it or in itfog up
Synonyms and related wordsDoors and windowsback doorbay windowbow window - 2transitive to make someone confused
My brain was fogged by sleep.
Synonyms and related wordsTo make someone unable to concentrate or think clearlydiscombobulateconfusedistract- 2ato make something confusing or difficult to understandfog the issue:
Your questions are only fogging the issue.
Synonyms and related wordsTo be, or to make something difficult to understandcomplicateconfuseobscure