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- DictionaryFog/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"
- 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"
verb
- 1. (with reference to a glass surface) cover or become covered with steam: "hot steam drifted about her, fogging up the window"
- 2. bewilder or puzzle (someone): "she stared at him, confusion fogging her brain"
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The town was covered in a thick blanket of fog. The fog finally lifted (= disappeared). Topic Collocations The Weather good weather. be bathed in/bask in/be blessed with/enjoy bright/brilliant/glorious sunshine; the sun shines/warms something/beats down (on something) the sunshine breaks/streams through something; fluffy/wispy clouds drift ...
Fog is a hazy, cloudy layer of water vapor very that hovers close to the ground. Driving in fog feels a bit like being inside a cloud.
2 days ago · 9 meanings: 1. a mass of droplets of condensed water vapour suspended in the air, often greatly reducing visibility,.... Click for more definitions.
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Pronunciation
1. (UK) IPA(key): /fɒɡ/ 2. (US) IPA(key): /fɑɡ/, /fɔɡ/ 3. Rhymes: -ɒɡ
Etymology 1
Origin uncertain; but probably of North Germanic origin. Probably either a back-formation from foggy (“covered with tall grass; thick, marshy”), from the earlier-attested fog (“tall grass”) (see below), or from or related to Danish fog (“spray, shower, drift, storm”), related to Icelandic fok (“spray, any light thing tossed by the wind, snowdrift”), Icelandic fjúka (“to blow, drive”), from Proto-Germanic *feukaną (“to whisk, blow”), from Proto-Indo-European *pug- (“billow, bulge, drift”), fro...
Etymology 2
From Middle English fogge (“tall grass”), probably from Norwegian fogg (“tall, worthless grass”); compare Scots fog (“moss; lichen”).
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): [ˈfoɡ] 2. Hyphenation: fog 3. Rhymes: -oɡ
Etymology 1
From Proto-Ugric *puŋɜ- (“to grasp, to catch”). Cognates include Northern Mansi пувуӈкве (puwuňkwe).
Etymology 2
From Proto-Uralic *piŋe. Cognates include Northern Mansi пуӈк (puňk), Erzya пей (pej), Finnish pii.
Pronunciation
1. Hyphenation: fog
Noun
fog m (plural fogs) 1. (clarification of this definition is needed) fog
Noun
fog n (not commonly inflected) 1. Valid cause, valid reason. 1.1. Har han fog för sina anklagelser? 1.1.1. Are his accusations made on good grounds? / Is he justifiedin his accusations? 1.2. Hon har fog för sin oro. 1.2.1. She has reasonto be worried. 2. (dated)Appropriate manner to proceed.
References
1. fog in Svensk ordbok (SO) 2. fog in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) 3. fog in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Fog is a visible aerosol comprising tiny water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air at or near the Earth’s surface. Nearby bodies of water, topography, and weather conditions are three factors that influence fog. You can think of it as a low-lying cloud. Fog most resembles stratus clouds, or low-lying, horizontally layered clouds.
FOG meaning: thick cloud just above the ground or sea that makes it difficult to see. Learn more.
The fog lifted (=disappeared) in the afternoon. 2 [ singular] informal a state in which you feel confused and cannot think clearly My mind was in a fog. fog of the fog of tiredness COLLOCATIONS ADJECTIVES/NOUN + fog thick/dense/heavy fog (=great in amount and difficult to see through) The two lorries collided in heavy fog. freezing fog Flights ...
