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[ noun ] a thin fog with condensation near the ground
Used in print (Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)He had crossed the river which now , beyond the woods yonder , was sliding darkly under the mist . (Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)A mist was walking on the water , white as cotton , but with a blending and merging grace . (Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)They were climbing the hill in the night when the headlights abruptly probed solid blackness , became two parallel luminous tubes which broadened out into a faint mist of light and ended . (Arthur Miller, "The Prophecy," in The Best...)She did this now , comfortably aware of the mist running down the windows , of the silence outside , of the dark afternoon it was getting_to be . Related terms |
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[ verb ] become covered with mist
Synonyms Examples "The windshield misted over" Used in print (Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)He was also at_the_same_time gaining practical experience as a safe_breaker and highwayman , and learning how to shoot to kill from a Neanderthal convicted murderer named Gene_Geary , later committed to Chester_Asylum as a homicidal maniac , but whose eyes misted with tears when the young Dion sang a ballad about an Irish mother in his clear and syrupy tenor . Related terms |
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[ verb ] make less visible or unclear
Examples "The stars are obscured by the clouds" Related terms |
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[ verb ] spray finely or cover with mist
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