fog

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /fɒg/

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Noun

Singular fog

Plural none

Fog in London, UK

1. (uncountable) Fog is a cloud that is close to or on the ground and sometimes prevents a person from being able to see.

   It was hard to see in the morning because there was a lot of fog.

2. (uncountable) Fog is a mist or film that covers a surface.

Synonyms

• (cloud that is close to the ground): mist, haze
• (mist or film that covers a surface): steam

Related words

• fogbound
• foggy
• fogless
• fogginess
• foghorn
• foglike

Verb

Plain form fog

Third-person singular fogs

Past tense fogged

Past participle fogged

Present participle fogging

1. (intransitive) If something becomes fogged, it becomes covered in fog.
2. (intransitive) If something gets fogged, it becomes covered with condensation or drops of water, preventing you from being able to see the object.

   As he breathed on the mirror, it fogged up.

3. (transitive) If you fog something, it becomes covered in fog.
4. (transitive) If you fog something, you make it confusing or you obscure something.

Synonyms

• cloud

Related words

• foggily

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