Sekirov Dictionary

mist

/mɪst/

verb 6
noun 3
forms 4
phrases 3

verb6

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To form mist.
- It's misting this morning.
•
To spray fine droplets on, particularly of water.
- I mist my tropical plants every morning.
•
To cover with a mist.
- The lens was misted.
•
To be covered by tears.
- My eyes misted when I remembered what had happened.
•
To rain in very fine droplets.
- ... it's misting outside. When it mists outside it's half fog and half rain. — 1996
To disperse into a mist, accompanying operation of equipment at high speeds.

noun3

•
Water or other liquid finely suspended in air. (Compare fog, haze.)
- It was difficult to see through the morning mist.
•
A layer of fine droplets or particles.
- There was an oily mist on the lens.
•
(figurative) Anything that dims, darkens, or hinders vision.
- His passion cast a mist before his sense. — 1700

forms

misted · misting · MiSTs · mists

Phrases with mist

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