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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.
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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.]
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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]
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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]
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Mist
See Also:FOG
- The hot mist … mixed with the sun like cloudy gin —David Denby
- A light morning mist like grain on film —Clive Irving
- Like a blanket, the mist came down —Jilly Cooper
- Mist arose on the plain and stood round about it like a guard of honor —Vladimir G. Korolenko
- Mist draped like ragged bits of cloth over a black line of distant hills —Alice McDermott
- [Thinning] mist … drifted away like slow smoke —Howard Spring
- The mist, like love, plays upon the heart of the hills and brings out surprise of beauty —Rabindranath Tagore
- The mists, like flocks of trooping sheep, cloudily drifted here and there —John Hall Wheelock
- Mist so fine it was like cigarette smoke —Paul Theroux
- Mists, whirling and winding, like snakes —Mihail Lermontov
- A mist that is like blown snow —W. B. Yeats
- Mist thick as cotton batting —William Faulkner
- A pure white mist crept over the water like breath upon a mirror —A. J. Cronin
- 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
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mist |
mist |
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I mist |
you mist |
he/she/it mists |
we mist |
you mist |
they mist |
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I misted |
you misted |
he/she/it misted |
we misted |
you misted |
they misted |
Present Continuous |
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I am misting |
you are misting |
he/she/it is misting |
we are misting |
you are misting |
they are misting |
Present Perfect |
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I have misted |
you have misted |
he/she/it has misted |
we have misted |
you have misted |
they have misted |
Past Continuous |
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I was misting |
you were misting |
he/she/it was misting |
we were misting |
you were misting |
they were misting |
Past Perfect |
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I had misted |
you had misted |
he/she/it had misted |
we had misted |
you had misted |
they had misted |
Future |
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I will mist |
you will mist |
he/she/it will mist |
we will mist |
you will mist |
they will mist |
Future Perfect |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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I would mist |
you would mist |
he/she/it would mist |
we would mist |
you would mist |
they would mist |
Past Conditional |
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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.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() fog - droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground |
Verb | 1. | ![]() spread over,cover - form a cover over; "The grass covered the grave" |
2. | ![]() 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. | ![]() spray - scatter in a mass or jet of droplets; "spray water on someone"; "spray paint on the wall" |
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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.
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mist
nounverb
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Translations
ضَبابضَبَابٌ
boira
mlha
diståge
uduvidu
usvautusumusumuttaa
izmaglica
òoka, mistur
もや
안개
nebula
miglamiglotumasapsitraukti migla
dūmakamigla
ceaţă
hmla
meglicarosa
dimmaimma
หมอก
sương mù
mist
[mɪst]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
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
mist
n
(fig)through amist of tears →durch einen Tränenschleier;it is lost in themists of time →dasliegt imDunkel derVergangenheit;themists of confusion surrounding the affair →dasundurchsichtigeDunkel, 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
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Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
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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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