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   Fog

   /fôɡ/

   

   noun

   • 1. a thick cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface which obscures or restricts visibility (to a greater extent than mist; strictly, reducing visibility to below 1 km): "the collision occurred in thick fog" Similar mistmistinessfogginesshaarsmogmurkmurkinesshazehazinessgloomgloominessinformal:pea-souper(sea) fretdialect:clagliterary:brumefume
   • ▪ an opaque mass of something in the atmosphere: "a whirling fog of dust"
   • ▪ cloudiness which obscures the image on a developed negative or print.
   • 2. something that obscures and confuses a situation or someone's thought processes: "it is all too easy to get so tangled in minutiae that the end goal becomes lost in a fog of detail" Similar dazestuportrancehazemuddlestate of bewildermentstate of confusionstate of disorientation

   verb

   • 1. (with reference to a glass surface) cover or become covered with steam: "hot steam drifted about her, fogging up the window" Similar steam upmist overcloud overfilm overbecome mistybecome blurredbecome covered in condensationmake hazymake cloudyobscureshadeveilliterary:befogbecloudOpposite clear
   • ▪ make (a film, negative, or print) obscure or cloudy.
   • 2. bewilder or puzzle (someone): "she stared at him, confusion fogging her brain" Similar muddledazestupefyfuddlebefuddlebewilderconfuseperplexbaffleobscureliterary:bedimbecloudrare:obfuscate
   • ▪ make (an idea or situation) difficult to understand: "the government has been fogging the issue"
   • 3. treat with something, especially an insecticide, in the form of a spray: "Winnipeg stopped fogging for mosquitoes three years ago"

   Word Origin mid 16th century: perhaps a back-formation from foggy.

   Scrabble Points: 7

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