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Fog
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- 1 Initialism of fraudulently-obtained genuine, a type of illicit passport. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
- 1 A thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud. uncountable
"a bank of fog"
- 2 A new growth of grass appearing on a field that has been mowed or grazed. uncountable
"The inclosures of fog, or aftergrass, reserved for spring-feed, are now supposed to be shut up, also the burnet, which is never to be fed in autumn ..."
- 3 Initialism of fat, oil, and grease. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
- 4 confusion characterized by lack of clarity wordnet
- 5 A mist or film clouding a surface. uncountable
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- 6 Tall and decaying grass left standing after the cutting or grazing season. UK, dialectal, uncountable
"[…] and they generally leave a great deal of Fog to rot on the Ground, which, with the Help of his well turned Dung-hill, dress his Ground […]"
- 7 Initialism of frequency of gobbledygook: the commonness of long and complicated words in a text, as measured by systems like the Gunning fog index. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
- 8 droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground wordnet
- 9 A state of mind characterized by lethargy and confusion. countable, figuratively, uncountable
"He did so many drugs, he was still in a fog three months after going through detox."
- 10 Moss. Scotland, uncountable
- 11 an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance wordnet
- 12 A silver deposit or other blur on a negative or developed photographic image. countable, uncountable
- 13 Distance fog. countable, uncountable
- 1 To become covered with or as if with fog. intransitive
- 2 To pasture cattle on the fog (of), or aftergrass, of; to eat off the fog from (a field). transitive
- 3 To practice in a small or mean way; to pettifog. intransitive, obsolete
"Where wouldst thou fog to get a fee?"
- 4 make less visible or unclear wordnet
- 5 To become obscured in condensation or water. intransitive
"The mirror fogged every time he showered."
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- 6 To become covered with the kind of grass called fog. intransitive
- 7 To become dim or obscure. intransitive
- 8 To make dim or obscure. transitive
- 9 To spoil (film) via exposure to light other than in the normal process of taking a photograph. transitive
- 10 To cover with or as if with fog. transitive
"Fogging for adult mosquito control began on June 4th in residential areas. Until September 25th, the Metro area was fogged eleven times, using nine truck-mounted foggers, eight hand swing foggers, and two boats."
- 11 To disperse insecticide into (a forest canopy) so as to collect organisms. transitive
- 12 To obscure in condensation or water. transitive
"Unfortunately, the pendulum has swung way too far to the other end where the saying in the industry is is^([sic]) that if you could fog a mirror, you could get a loan."
- 13 To make confusing or obscure. transitive
Etymology
Origin uncertain; but probably of North Germanic origin. Probably either a back-formation from foggy (“covered with tall grass; thick, marshy”), from the earlier-attested fog (“tall grass”) (see below), or from or related to Danish fog (“spray, shower, drift, storm”), related to Icelandic fok (“spray, any light thing tossed by the wind, snowdrift”), Icelandic fjúka (“to blow, drive”), from Proto-Germanic *feukaną (“to whisk, blow”), from Proto-Indo-European *pug- (“billow, bulge, drift”), from *pew-, *pow- (“to blow, drift, billow”), in which case related to German fauchen (“to hiss, spit, spray”).
Origin uncertain; but probably of North Germanic origin. Probably either a back-formation from foggy (“covered with tall grass; thick, marshy”), from the earlier-attested fog (“tall grass”) (see below), or from or related to Danish fog (“spray, shower, drift, storm”), related to Icelandic fok (“spray, any light thing tossed by the wind, snowdrift”), Icelandic fjúka (“to blow, drive”), from Proto-Germanic *feukaną (“to whisk, blow”), from Proto-Indo-European *pug- (“billow, bulge, drift”), from *pew-, *pow- (“to blow, drift, billow”), in which case related to German fauchen (“to hiss, spit, spray”).
From Middle English fogge (“tall grass”), probably from Norwegian fogg (“tall, worthless grass”); compare Scots fog (“moss; lichen”).
From Middle English fogge (“tall grass”), probably from Norwegian fogg (“tall, worthless grass”); compare Scots fog (“moss; lichen”).
Compare Old Dutch focker.
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