Mist
noun
A light cloud of tiny water droplets in the air, closer to the earth's surface and reducing visibility.
The morning mist makes the forest look mystic.
verb
To become covered with a mist.
My glasses misted up when I entered the warm room.
verb
To spray small droplets of liquid onto something.
She misted the plants with water.
noun
A spray of fine droplets of a liquid.
I lightly sprayed a mist of perfume.
verb
To become teary-eyed, usually due to a strong emotion.
Her eyes misted up when she heard the tragic news.
noun
Something that dims or obscures.
A mist of confusion clouded his mind.
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Figurative
verb
To obscure or dim with or as if with mist.
Past memories misted his clear thoughts.
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Figurative
noun
A light cloud of tiny water droplets in the air, closer to the earth's surface and reducing visibility.
The morning mist makes the forest look mystic.
verb
To become covered with a mist.
My glasses misted up when I entered the warm room.
verb
To spray small droplets of liquid onto something.
She misted the plants with water.
noun
A spray of fine droplets of a liquid.
I lightly sprayed a mist of perfume.
verb
To become teary-eyed, usually due to a strong emotion.
Her eyes misted up when she heard the tragic news.
noun
Something that dims or obscures.
A mist of confusion clouded his mind.
Usage tips
Figurative
verb
To obscure or dim with or as if with mist.
Past memories misted his clear thoughts.
Usage tips
Figurative
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Pro Tip 1/2Weather-Related
Used to describe weather conditions where visibility is affected.
The heavy mist over the lake made fishing difficult.
Pro Tip 2/2Outdoor Scenes
Often appears in nature descriptions, especially early in the morning.
As dawn broke, a gentle mist settled on the meadow.
Pro Tip 1/2Weather-Related
Used to describe weather conditions where visibility is affected.
The heavy mist over the lake made fishing difficult.
Pro Tip 2/2Outdoor Scenes
Often appears in nature descriptions, especially early in the morning.
As dawn broke, a gentle mist settled on the meadow.
Pro Tip 1/2Weather-Related
Used to describe weather conditions where visibility is affected.
The heavy mist over the lake made fishing difficult.
Pro Tip 2/2Outdoor Scenes
Often appears in nature descriptions, especially early in the morning.
As dawn broke, a gentle mist settled on the meadow.
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How does asthma work? -...
This is where inhalers, the primary treatment for asthma, come in. These medications help asthmatics both control and prevent their asthma symptoms. Inhalers transport medication along the affected airways using a liquid mist or fine powder to treat the problem at its source.
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Climbing Islands in the...
And the last thing I saw, was his leg sticking out in the back and he was like this And he was shaking to try to get himself deeper in. I remember, one of his shoes fly off and spin through the mist and disappear off the ledge. And for the rest of the trip he had one shoe.
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National Geographic...
there during the rainy season so although the mist could move around the ruins people often ask me why do I use black-and-white photography because I think there are things there go beyond color that speak of spiritual things that speak of things that go deep into
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John Hodgman: A brief...
which was a kind of giant, floating fetus-creature that lived in a giant tank with this orange mist of psychedelic spice swirling around him, allowing him to bend space and time. He could never leave the tank or interact with the outside world.
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The habits of happiness...
It looks very menacing, like a billowing monsoon cloud or thunderstorm. We think we could sit on the cloud, but if you go there, it's just mist. Likewise, if you look at the thought of anger, it will vanish like frost under the morning sun.
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Parasitic Wasps PIPE...
up a chemical mist an SOS to these black wasps why because black wasps are known as a food coloring and some aphids are busily sucking the life out of these plants now despite its nickname this
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Adam Nicolson: The King...
the seventeenth century and it's it's that real-world infusion which gives the book as much of it sort of bottom and it's juice well I think that the social share verbal effusive mists and
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The Life of a Photograph...
photographs of life to me is not their anonymity but they are landscapes in motion the storm is arriving the fire is burning the mist is lifting
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Nature's Oddest Looking...
the guano from thousands of terms which have chosen to mist here enriches the sandy soil which then can support more plants
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Hope for the Congo PIPE ...
see here there is nothing wrong with mist up there you go that was it yeah
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How does asthma work? -...
This is where inhalers, the primary treatment for asthma, come in. These medications help asthmatics both control and prevent their asthma symptoms. Inhalers transport medication along the affected airways using a liquid mist or fine powder to treat the problem at its source.
Video examples
Climbing Islands in the...
And the last thing I saw, was his leg sticking out in the back and he was like this And he was shaking to try to get himself deeper in. I remember, one of his shoes fly off and spin through the mist and disappear off the ledge. And for the rest of the trip he had one shoe.
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National Geographic...
there during the rainy season so although the mist could move around the ruins people often ask me why do I use black-and-white photography because I think there are things there go beyond color that speak of spiritual things that speak of things that go deep into
Video examples
John Hodgman: A brief...
which was a kind of giant, floating fetus-creature that lived in a giant tank with this orange mist of psychedelic spice swirling around him, allowing him to bend space and time. He could never leave the tank or interact with the outside world.
Video examples
The habits of happiness...
It looks very menacing, like a billowing monsoon cloud or thunderstorm. We think we could sit on the cloud, but if you go there, it's just mist. Likewise, if you look at the thought of anger, it will vanish like frost under the morning sun.
Video examples
Parasitic Wasps PIPE...
up a chemical mist an SOS to these black wasps why because black wasps are known as a food coloring and some aphids are busily sucking the life out of these plants now despite its nickname this
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Adam Nicolson: The King...
the seventeenth century and it's it's that real-world infusion which gives the book as much of it sort of bottom and it's juice well I think that the social share verbal effusive mists and
Video examples
The Life of a Photograph...
photographs of life to me is not their anonymity but they are landscapes in motion the storm is arriving the fire is burning the mist is lifting
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Nature's Oddest Looking...
the guano from thousands of terms which have chosen to mist here enriches the sandy soil which then can support more plants
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Hope for the Congo PIPE ...
see here there is nothing wrong with mist up there you go that was it yeah
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Nik Wallenda
American Entertainer
That mist was thick. It was hard to see at times. The wind was wild. It'd come at me one way and hit me from the front, and hit me from the back.
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Robert Motherwell
American Artist
Walk on a rainbow trail; walk on a trail of song, and all about you will be beauty. There is a way out of every dark mist, over a rainbow trail.
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Erin McKean
American Editor
By the time the traditionally male lexicographers become interested in looking at fashion words, their origins are lost in the mists of time.
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Lily James
English Actress
I love to start the morning with a mist spray, especially after a night out.
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Ruth Asawa
American Sculptor
I laugh with the sun, and mist that tries so hard to seduce the mountains.
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W. H. Auden
English Poet
Sob, heavy world Sob as you spin, Mantled in mist Remote from the happy.
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Gene Wolfe
American Writer
Knowledge is soon changed, then lost in the mist, an echo half-heard.
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Edvard Grieg
Norwegian Composer
Suddenly a mist fell from my eyes and I knew the way I had to take.
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Jacob Zuma
South African Statesman
There is no cloud above my head - there is not even a mist.
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Julien Green
American Novelist
I enter the world called real as one enters a mist.
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Nik Wallenda
American Entertainer
That mist was thick. It was hard to see at times. The wind was wild. It'd come at me one way and hit me from the front, and hit me from the back.
Quote examples
Robert Motherwell
American Artist
Walk on a rainbow trail; walk on a trail of song, and all about you will be beauty. There is a way out of every dark mist, over a rainbow trail.
Quote examples
Erin McKean
American Editor
By the time the traditionally male lexicographers become interested in looking at fashion words, their origins are lost in the mists of time.
Quote examples
Lily James
English Actress
I love to start the morning with a mist spray, especially after a night out.
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Ruth Asawa
American Sculptor
I laugh with the sun, and mist that tries so hard to seduce the mountains.
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W. H. Auden
English Poet
Sob, heavy world Sob as you spin, Mantled in mist Remote from the happy.
Quote examples
Gene Wolfe
American Writer
Knowledge is soon changed, then lost in the mist, an echo half-heard.
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Edvard Grieg
Norwegian Composer
Suddenly a mist fell from my eyes and I knew the way I had to take.
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Jacob Zuma
South African Statesman
There is no cloud above my head - there is not even a mist.
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Julien Green
American Novelist
I enter the world called real as one enters a mist.
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