Pronunciations (2)
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/mɪst/
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mɪst
Noun
Water or other liquid finely suspended in air. (Compare fog, haze.)
Usage- Countable
- Uncountable
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It was difficult to see through the morning mist.
A layer of fine droplets or particles.
Usage- Countable
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There was an oily mist on the lens.
Anything that dims, darkens, or hinders vision.
Usage- Countable
- Figurative
- Uncountable
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His passion cast a mist before his sense.
Alas, I do not have the strength to continue writing. Already, mist veils my eyes.
Verb
To form mist.
Usage- Intransitive
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It's misting this morning.
To spray fine droplets on, particularly of water.
Usage- Transitive
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I mist my tropical plants every morning.
To rain in very fine droplets.
Usage- Intransitive
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... it's misting outside. When it mists outside it's half fog and half rain.
On this particular early morning , with a bitter cold rain misting down, Seminov was reaching the end of his endurance.
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... rain misting outside from thick clouds.
To cover with a mist.
Usage- Transitive
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The lens was misted.
her breath will mist or staine the stone
To be covered by tears.
Usage- Transitive
- of the eyes
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My eyes misted when I remembered what had happened.
To disperse into a mist, accompanying operation of equipment at high speeds.
Usage- of ink
Noun
a thin fog with condensation near the ground
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Verb
become covered with mist
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The windshield misted over
make less visible or unclear
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The stars are obscured by the clouds
the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley
spray finely or cover with mist
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