fog


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fog1
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.

    Photography cloudiness obscuring the image on a developed negative or print.

  • 2 a state or cause of perplexity or confusion.
verb (fogs, fogging, fogged)
  • 1 cover or become covered with steam.

    Photography make (a film, negative, or print) obscure or cloudy.

  • 2 bewilder or puzzle.
  • 3 treat with something, especially an insecticide, in the form of a spray.
– origin C16: perh. a back-form. from foggy.



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fog2
noun the grass which grows in a field after a crop of hay has been taken.
– origin ME: origin uncertain; perh. rel. to Norw. fogg.
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