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mist

cloud; a fine spray; to rain in very fine drops; something that dims or obscures: The mist of passion blurred his reason.
Not to be confused with:
midst – core, heart; occurring in the middle: She arrived at the theater in the midst of the performance.; course of action
missed – failed to hit: missed the target; regretted the loss or absence of: She missed her classmates.; failed to be present: missed church
Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree Copyright © 2007, 2013 by Mary Embree

mist

 (mĭst)
n.
1. A mass of fine droplets of water in the atmosphere near or in contact with the earth.
2. Water vapor condensed on and clouding the appearance of a surface.
3. Fine drops of a liquid, such as water, perfume, or medication, sprayed into the air.
4. A suspension of fine drops of a liquid in a gas.
5. Something that dims or conceals.
6. A haze before the eyes that blurs the vision.
7. Something that produces or gives the impression of dimness or obscurity:the mists of the past.
8. A drink consisting of a liquor served over cracked ice.
v.mist·ed,mist·ing,mists
v.intr.
1. To be or become obscured or blurred by or as if by mist.
2. To rain in a fine shower.
v.tr.
1. To conceal or veil with or as if with mist.
2. To moisturize (plants or dry air, for example) with a fine spray of water.

[Middle English, from Old English; seemeigh- inIndo-European roots.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

mist

(mɪst)
n
1. (Physical Geography) a thin fog resulting from condensation in the air near the earth's surface
2. (Physical Geography)meteorol such an atmospheric condition with a horizontal visibility of 1–2 kilometres
3.a fine spray of any liquid, such as that produced by an aerosol container
4. (Chemistry)chem a colloidal suspension of a liquid in a gas
5.condensed water vapour on a surface that blurs the surface
6.something that causes haziness or lack of clarity, such as a film of tears
vb
to cover or be covered with or as if with mist
[Old English; related to Middle Dutch, Swedishmist, Greekomikhlē fog]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

mist

(mɪst)

n.
1. a mass of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, resembling fog but not as dense.
2. a cloud of particles or a fine spray of liquid resembling this: a mist of perfume.
3. something that dims, obscures, or blurs: lost in the mists of time.
4. a haze before the eyes that dims the vision: a mist of tears.
5. a suspension of a liquid in a gas.
v.i.
6. to become misty.
7. to rain in very fine drops; drizzle.
v.t.
8. to make misty.
9. to cover with a mist.
[before 900; (n.) Middle English, Old English; c. Dutch, Low German, Swedishmist, akin to Greekomíchlē fog Sktmegha cloud]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

Mist

 

See Also:FOG

  1. The hot mist … mixed with the sun like cloudy gin —David Denby
  2. A light morning mist like grain on film —Clive Irving
  3. Like a blanket, the mist came down —Jilly Cooper
  4. Mist arose on the plain and stood round about it like a guard of honor —Vladimir G. Korolenko
  5. Mist draped like ragged bits of cloth over a black line of distant hills —Alice McDermott
  6. [Thinning] mist … drifted away like slow smoke —Howard Spring
  7. The mist, like love, plays upon the heart of the hills and brings out surprise of beauty —Rabindranath Tagore
  8. The mists, like flocks of trooping sheep, cloudily drifted here and there —John Hall Wheelock
  9. Mist so fine it was like cigarette smoke —Paul Theroux
  10. Mists, whirling and winding, like snakes —Mihail Lermontov
  11. A mist that is like blown snow —W. B. Yeats
  12. Mist thick as cotton batting —William Faulkner
  13. A pure white mist crept over the water like breath upon a mirror —A. J. Cronin
  14. A thick gray mist covered the countryside, as if to conceal the mysteries of the changes that were taking place in nature —Leo Tolstoy
Similes Dictionary, 1st Edition. © 1988 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

mist


Past participle:misted
Gerund:misting

Imperative
mist
mist
Present
I mist
you mist
he/she/it mists
we mist
you mist
they mist
Preterite
I misted
you misted
he/she/it misted
we misted
you misted
they misted
Present Continuous
I am misting
you are misting
he/she/it is misting
we are misting
you are misting
they are misting
Present Perfect
I have misted
you have misted
he/she/it has misted
we have misted
you have misted
they have misted
Past Continuous
I was misting
you were misting
he/she/it was misting
we were misting
you were misting
they were misting
Past Perfect
I had misted
you had misted
he/she/it had misted
we had misted
you had misted
they had misted
Future
I will mist
you will mist
he/she/it will mist
we will mist
you will mist
they will mist
Future Perfect
I will have misted
you will have misted
he/she/it will have misted
we will have misted
you will have misted
they will have misted
Future Continuous
I will be misting
you will be misting
he/she/it will be misting
we will be misting
you will be misting
they will be misting
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been misting
you have been misting
he/she/it has been misting
we have been misting
you have been misting
they have been misting
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been misting
you will have been misting
he/she/it will have been misting
we will have been misting
you will have been misting
they will have been misting
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been misting
you had been misting
he/she/it had been misting
we had been misting
you had been misting
they had been misting
Conditional
I would mist
you would mist
he/she/it would mist
we would mist
you would mist
they would mist
Past Conditional
I would have misted
you would have misted
he/she/it would have misted
we would have misted
you would have misted
they would have misted
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

mist

A phenomenon that occurs at ground level when very small droplets of water are formed by condensation as a result of air cooling rapidly.
Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.mist - a thin fog with condensation near the groundmist - a thin fog with condensation near the ground
fog - droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
Verb1.mist - become covered with mistmist - become covered with mist; "The windshield misted over"
spread over,cover - form a cover over; "The grass covered the grave"
2.mist - make less visible or unclearmist - make less visible or unclear; "The stars are obscured by the clouds"; "the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley"
conceal,hide - prevent from being seen or discovered; "Muslim women hide their faces"; "hide the money"
overshadow - cast a shadow upon; "The tall tree overshadowed the house"
3.mist - spray finely or cover with mistmist - spray finely or cover with mist  
spray - scatter in a mass or jet of droplets; "spray water on someone"; "spray paint on the wall"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

mist

nounfog,cloud,steam,spray,film,haze,vapour,drizzle,smog,dew,condensation,haar(Eastern Brit.),smuror smir(Scot.)Thick mist made flying impossible.
mist overor upsteam (up),cloud,obscure,blur,fog,film,blear,becloud,befogThe windscreen was misting over.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

mist

noun
A thick, heavy atmospheric condition offering reduced visibility because of the presence of suspended particles:
verb
The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
ضَبابضَبَابٌ
boira
mlha
diståge
uduvidu
usvautusumusumuttaa
izmaglica
òoka, mistur
もや
안개
nebula
miglamiglotumasapsitraukti migla
dūmakamigla
ceaţă
hmla
meglicarosa
dimmaimma
หมอก
ince sispussis
sương mù

mist

[mɪst]
A.Nneblinaf; (=rain) →lloviznaf,garúaf (LAm); (at sea) →brumaf; (in liquid) →nubef; (on glass etc) →vahom
through a mist of tears (fig) →a través de unvelo delágrimas
lost in the mists of time (liter) →perdidoen lanochede lostiempos
B.VI (alsomist over, mist up) [scene, landscape] →nublarse; [mirror, window] →empañarse; [eyes] →llenarse delágrimas
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

mist

[ˈmɪst]
nbrumef
vt [+plant, leaves] →vaporiser
mist over
vi
[window, windscreen] →s'embuer
[eyes] →s'embuer
vt sep [+window, windscreen] →couvrir debuée
mist up
vi [window, windscreen] →s'embuer
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

mist

n
Nebelm; (in liquid) →Trübungf;(= haze)Dunstm; (on glass etc) →Beschlagm
(fig)through amist of tearsdurch einen Tränenschleier;it is lost in themists of timedasliegt imDunkel derVergangenheit;themists of confusion surrounding the affairdasundurchsichtigeDunkel, in das dieAngelegenheitgehüllt ist
vi
(window etc)beschlagen
(fig:eyes) →sichverschleiern(geh)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

mist

[mɪst]
1.n (Met) →foschia,nebbia,nebbiolina; (on glass) →appannamento; (of perfume) →nuvola
through a mist of tears →attraverso unvelo dilacrime
lost in the mists of time (fig) →perduto nella notte deitempi
2.vi (alsomist over) (eyes) →velarsi (alsomist overor up) (scene, landscape) →annebbiarsi,offuscarsi; (mirror, window, windscreen) →appannarsi
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

mist

(mist) noun
a cloud of moisture in the air but very close to the ground, which makes it difficult to see any distance.The hills are covered in thick mist. mis ضَباب мъгла nevoeiro mlha der Nebel disομίχληneblina udu غبار usvabrumeערפל धुंध magla köd kabut þoka, misturnebbia,foschia もや 안개 migla migla; dūmaka kabusneveltåke,fuktig dis,yrmgła دوړى، باد nevoeiro ceaţăтуман hmla megla izmaglica dimma, dis, imma หมอก ince sis,pus 薄霧 туман; імла کہر، دھند sương mù薄雾
ˈmistily adverb
mistig بِضَبابيَّه мъгливо enevoadamente v mlzenebelig diset θολά, θαμπάnebulosamente, con nebulosidad uduselt بطور مه الود utuisesti dans la brumeערפילי धुंधला magleno ködösen penuh kabut á þokukenndan hátt; óskÿrt nella nebbia/foschia もやがかかって 안개가 짙게 miglotai miglaini dengan berkabusneveligdisig,uklart mgliście خوبړن،خړ enevoadamente (ca) prin ceaţăтуманно v hmle megleno zamagljeno dimmigt, disigt อย่างมัว ๆ sisli bir şekilde 有霧地 туманно ابہامی انداز میں trông mờ sương有雾地
ˈmisty adjective
mistig ضَبابي мъглив enevoado zamlžený, mlhavýnebelig disetομιχλώδης con neblina,borroso udune مه الود utuinenbrumeuxמעורפל धुंध से भरा हुआ maglen ködös berkabut misturs-; í þokunebbioso もやがかかった 안개로 싸인 miglotas miglains; aizmiglots berkabusneveligdisig,tåketmglisty ګرد او غبارenevoado ceţosтуманный hmlistý meglen zamagljeno dimmig, disig ที่ปกคลุมด้วยหมอกsisli 有霧的 туманний; затуманений کہر آلود có sương mù有雾的
ˈmistiness noun
mistigheid ضَبابِيَّه мъгливост névoa zamlženost, mlhavost die Nebligkeit disομίχλη, θαμπάδαnebulosidad udusus مه گرفتگی utuisuus état brumeux עֲרפִּילִיוּת धुंधलापन maglovitost ködösség, homályosság keadaan berkabut þokukennt ástandnebbiosità もやが深いこと 안개가 자욱함 miglotumas miglainība kekabusan neveligheidfuktig disighet,yr mglistość خسوفnévoa ceaţăтуманность zahmlenie meglenost zamagljenost dimmighet, disighet ความมืดมัว sisli olma 霧濛濛 туманність ابہام tình trạng mù sương 雾,模糊
mist over/up
to become covered (as if) with mist.The mirror misted over;The windscreen misted up. gewasem يَتَغَطّى بالضَّباب замъглявам се enevoar-se zamlžit (se)beschlagen duggeθαμπώνωcubrirse,empañarse häguseks minema غبار الود شدن huurtuas'embuer לְהִתכַּסוֹת בְּעֲרָפֵל धुंधला zamagliti bepárásodik berkabut hyljast móðuappannarsi,annebbiarsi くもる 흐려지다 apsitraukti migla aizmiglot; aizmigloties berkabutbeslaanbli disig zaparować ګردجن، ښه نه ليدل كيدل enevoar-se a se aburi; a se înceţoşa запотевать zahmliť (sa) zamegliti se zamagliti se höljas i dimma, imma igen มีหมอกปกคลุม buğulanmak 被霧氣籠罩,變得模糊不清 запотівати کہرے سے ڈھنک جانا bao phủ sương phù被蒙上薄雾
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

mist

ضَبَابٌ mlha tågeleichter Nebelκαταχνιάneblina usvabrume izmaglicafoschia もや 안개misttåkemgiełkanévoaдымка dimma หมอกsis sương mù薄雾
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Whether all the enemy forces were, as we supposed, six miles away, or whether they were near by in that sea ofmist, no one knew till after eight o'clock.
Themist was heavier yet when I got out upon the marshes, so that instead of my running at everything, everything seemed to run at me.
We are surrounded by dripping whitemist so dense that we become invisible to one another at a distance of half a dozen yards.
There was a steamingmist in all the hollows, and it had roamed in its forlornness up the hill, like an evil spirit, seeking rest and finding none.
The twilight was made gloomy by a floating veil of whitemist, which hung about in wet patches.
It was now nearly four o'clock, and amist was gathering: the sooner he got into the road the better.
And now there came bothmist and snow, And it grew wondrous cold: And ice, mast-high, came floating by, As green as emerald.
It was not very dark: there was a bit of moon somewhere above the light veil ofmist that lay along the earth.
A great shadow, preceded by a wild light, slowly advanced, appearing still larger through themist, which gave it a fantastic aspect.
They moved, as it seemed to us, upon a cloud, for a milkymist covered the fields and rose to a third of their height.
He was a bright-eyed man, but wofully pined away, which was no more than natural, if, as some people affirmed, his ordinary diet was fog, morningmist, and a slice of the densest cloud within his reach, sauced with moonshine, whenever he could get it.
He was a bright-eyed man, but woefully pined away, which was no more than natural, if, as some people affirmed, his ordinary diet was fog, morningmist, and a slice of the densest cloud within his reach, sauced with moonshine, whenever he could get it.

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