fog
1. droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground (Freq. 15)
• Derivationally related forms:
foggy
• Hypernyms:
aerosol
• Hyponyms:
fogbank, ice fog, pogonip, mist, pea soup, pea-souper
2. an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
fogginess, murk, murkiness
• Derivationally related forms:
murky (for: murkiness), murky (for: murk), murk (for: murk), foggy (for: fogginess), foggy
• Hypernyms:
atmosphere, atmospheric state
• Hyponyms:
fug
3. confusion characterized by lack of clarity (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
daze, haze
• Derivationally related forms:
hazy (for: haze), foggy, daze (for: daze)
• Hypernyms:
confusion, mental confusion, confusedness, muddiness, disarray
make less visible or unclear
- The stars are obscured by the clouds
- the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley
• Syn:
obscure, befog, becloud, obnubilate, haze over,
cloud, mist
• Hypernyms:
hide, conceal
• Hyponyms:
overshadow
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
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