fog has definitions from the field of meteorology
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[ noun ] droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground

Used in print

(Organic Gardening and Farming,...)

I dig it , rake it smooth , sow the seeds and wet them down with a fog spray .

(LeRoy Fothergill, "Biological Warfare", in Peter...)

There was a slight lapse condition , a moderate fog , and 100 per_cent relative_humidity .

(David Stacton, The Judges of the Secret Court....)

There was a fog , which increased the darkness of the night .

Somewhere in the fog , the nigger boy was still yelling murder .

(Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)

His mind closed on that prospect , as though fog had descended to blot_out a valley .

2
[ noun ] (meteorology) an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance

Used in print

(Leon Uris, Mila 8....)

What is beyond this fog ?

Related terms

atmosphere fug murk

3
[ noun ] confusion characterized by lack of clarity

Synonyms

haze daze

Used in print

(Evan Esar, Humorous English; a guide to comic ,...)

Questions like this , framed in verbal fog , are perhaps the only kind that have ever stumped an experienced politician .

Related terms

confusion obscure

4
[ verb ] make less visible or unclear

Examples

"The stars are obscured by the clouds"

Related terms

hide overshadow daze

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