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Mist

Mist Meaning & Definition
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.

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