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Mist

Mist Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Mist? [n] a thin fog with condensation near the ground [v] become covered with mist; "The windshield misted over" [v] spray finely or cover with mist [v] make less visible or unclear; "The stars are obscured by the clouds" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Mist: becloud \| befog \| cloud \| fog \| haze over \| mist over \| obscure Related Terms \| Find terms related to Mist: addle \| addle the wits \| air \| airy nothing \| amorphousness \| ball up \| becloud \| bedazzle \| befog \| befuddle \| befuddlement \| bemist \| bewilder \| bewilderment \| blood rain \| blur \| bother \| botheration \| bubble \| bug \| chaos \| clabber up \| cloud \| cloud over \| cloud up \| confuse \| confusion \| dark \| darken \| darken over \| darkness \| daze \| dazzle \| defocus \| dim \| discombobulate \| discombobulation \| discomfit \| discomfiture \| discompose \| discomposure \| disconcert \| disconcertion \| disorder \| disorganization \| disorganize \| disorient \| disorientation \| disturb \| disturbance \| drisk \| drizzle \| drizzling mist \| embarrass \| embarrassment \| encloud \| enmist \| entangle \| ether \| evening mist \| fall \| film \| flummox \| flurry \| fluster \| flutter \| fog \| fogginess \| frenzy \| frost smoke \| fuddle \| fuddlement \| fuss \| fuzziness \| gauze \| gout of rain \| haze \| illusion \| indeterminateness \| indistinctness \| jumble \| London fog \| London special \| lose resolution \| maze \| mess \| mistiness \| misty rain \| mix up \| mizzle \| moider \| moisture \| muddle \| muddlement \| mumbo jumbo \| murk \| murkiness \| mystification \| nubilate \| obfuscation \| obnubilate \| obscurantism \| obscuration \| obscure \| obscurity \| opacity \| overcast \| overcloud \| overshadow \| oversmoke \| pale \| patter \| pea soup \| pea-soup fog \| peasouper \| perplex \| perplexity \| perturb \| perturbation \| phantom \| pitter-patter \| pother \| precipitation \| pucker \| put out \| rain \| raindrop \| rainfall \| rainwater \| raise hell \| rattle \| ruffle \| Scotch mist \| shade \| shadow \| shapelessness \| sheet of rain \| shower \| shuffle \| smog \| smoke \| soften \| spirit \| splatter \| sprinkle \| steam up \| stew \| sweat \| swivet \| thin air \| throw into confusion \| tizzy \| unclarity \| unclearness \| unfrozen hydrometeor \| unplainness \| unsettle \| unsettlement \| upset \| vagueness \| vapor \| wet See Also \| conceal \| cover \| fog \| hide \| overshadow \| spray \| spread over Mist In Webster's Dictionary \Mist\ (m[i^]st), n. [AS. mist; akin to D. & Sw. mist, Icel. mistr, G. mist dung, Goth. ma['i]hstus, AS. m[=i]gan to make water, Icel. m[=i]ga, Lith. migla mist, Russ. mgla, L. mingere, meiere, to make water, gr. ? to make water, ? mist, Skr. mih to make water, n., a mist m[hand]gha cloud. [root]102. Cf. {Misle}, {Mizzle}, {Mixen}.] 1. Visible watery vapor suspended in the atmosphere, at or near the surface of the earth; fog. 2. Coarse, watery vapor, floating or falling in visible particles, approaching the form of rain; as, Scotch mist. 3. Hence, anything which dims or darkens, and obscures or intercepts vision. His passion cast a mist before his sense. --Dryden. {Mist flower} (Bot.), a composite plant ({Eupatorium c[oe]lestinum}), having heart-shaped leaves, and corymbs of lavender-blue flowers. It is found in the Western and Southern United States. \Mist\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Misted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Misting}.] To cloud; to cover with mist; to dim. --Shak. \Mist\, v. i. To rain in very fine drops; as, it mists.

Mist Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mist?

[n] a thin fog with condensation near the ground
[v] become covered with mist; "The windshield misted over"
[v] spray finely or cover with mist
[v] make less visible or unclear; "The stars are obscured by the clouds"

Mist In Webster's Dictionary

\Mist\ (m[i^]st), n. [AS. mist; akin to D. & Sw. mist,
Icel. mistr, G. mist dung, Goth. ma['i]hstus, AS. m[=i]gan to
make water, Icel. m[=i]ga, Lith. migla mist, Russ. mgla, L.
mingere, meiere, to make water, gr. ? to make water, ? mist,
Skr. mih to make water, n., a mist m[hand]gha cloud.
[root]102. Cf. {Misle}, {Mizzle}, {Mixen}.]
1. Visible watery vapor suspended in the atmosphere, at or
   near the surface of the earth; fog.

2. Coarse, watery vapor, floating or falling in visible
   particles, approaching the form of rain; as, Scotch mist.

3. Hence, anything which dims or darkens, and obscures or
   intercepts vision.

         His passion cast a mist before his sense. --Dryden.

{Mist flower} (Bot.), a composite plant ({Eupatorium
   c[oe]lestinum}), having heart-shaped leaves, and corymbs
   of lavender-blue flowers. It is found in the Western and
   Southern United States.


\Mist\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Misted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Misting}.]
To cloud; to cover with mist; to dim. --Shak.


\Mist\, v. i.
To rain in very fine drops; as, it mists.

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