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The mist came down off the mountains. The mists rolled in off the sea (=came on to the land from the sea) 2 → lost in the mists of time 3 → see something through a mist of tears COLLOCATIONS verbs be covered in mist (also be shrouded in mist literary) The tops of the mountains were shrouded in mist. a mist comes down/in (=comes to a place ...
mist meaning: small drops of water in the air that make it difficult to see objects that are not near: . Learn more.
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mist something (up) Tears misted his eyes. [transitive] mist something to spray something, for example the leaves of a plant, with very small drops of liquid Word Origin Old English, of Germanic origin; from an Indo-European root shared by Greek omikhlē ‘mist, fog’.
6 days ago · mist ( countable and uncountable, plural mists) ( countable, uncountable) Water or other liquid finely suspended in air. (Compare fog, haze.) Synonym: brume. It was difficult to see through the morning mist. ( countable) A layer of fine droplets or particles. There was an oily mist on the lens.
Define mist. mist synonyms, mist pronunciation, mist translation, English dictionary definition of mist. cloud; a fine spray; to rain in very fine drops; something ...
mist, n.¹ meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary
