Wisp
noun
A small piece or amount of something, typically something that is light or thin.
She watched the wisps of cloud floating in the sky.
Often appears as...
- wisps of smoke
- wisps of hair
noun
A thin streak or puff, as of smoke or cloud.
A wisp of smoke rose from the chimney.
Often appears as...
- wisp of smoke
- wisp of cloud
noun
A small, thin, or twisted bunch, piece, or amount of something.
He had a wisp of hair that always fell onto his forehead.
Often appears as...
- wisp of hair
- wisp of straw
noun
A handful of hay or straw used as bedding for animals.
The horse lay down in the wisp of straw in the stable.
Often appears as...
- wisp of hay
- wisp of straw
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Technical
noun
A small piece or amount of something, typically something that is light or thin.
She watched the wisps of cloud floating in the sky.
Often appears as...
- wisps of smoke
- wisps of hair
noun
A thin streak or puff, as of smoke or cloud.
A wisp of smoke rose from the chimney.
Often appears as...
- wisp of smoke
- wisp of cloud
noun
A small, thin, or twisted bunch, piece, or amount of something.
He had a wisp of hair that always fell onto his forehead.
Often appears as...
- wisp of hair
- wisp of straw
noun
A handful of hay or straw used as bedding for animals.
The horse lay down in the wisp of straw in the stable.
Often appears as...
- wisp of hay
- wisp of straw
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Abstract Concepts
Use 'wisp' to describe intangible things like smells, sounds, or feelings in a poetic way.
A wisp of melancholy settled over the room.
Pro Tip 2/2Visual Imagery
'Wisp' commonly creates a visual image of delicacy, often used in descriptive writing.
Tiny wisps of steam curled up from the tea.
Pro Tip 1/2Abstract Concepts
Use 'wisp' to describe intangible things like smells, sounds, or feelings in a poetic way.
A wisp of melancholy settled over the room.
Pro Tip 2/2Visual Imagery
'Wisp' commonly creates a visual image of delicacy, often used in descriptive writing.
Tiny wisps of steam curled up from the tea.
Pro Tip 1/2Abstract Concepts
Use 'wisp' to describe intangible things like smells, sounds, or feelings in a poetic way.
A wisp of melancholy settled over the room.
Pro Tip 2/2Visual Imagery
'Wisp' commonly creates a visual image of delicacy, often used in descriptive writing.
Tiny wisps of steam curled up from the tea.
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3 clues to understanding...
little wisps of protoplasm, interacting with each other, and from this activity emerges the whole spectrum of abilities that we call human nature and human consciousness. How does this happen? Well, there are many ways of approaching the functions of the human brain.
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Climbing a Table-Top...
that's what happy one of the most glorious places I've ever worked out the view is extraordinary you can see all the way to Brazil little wisps of cloud Louis and the light is beautiful the summits of these mountains have been isolated for tens of millions of years
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Why we need the...
It's a beautiful graphic. What we found out were that those faint wisps are actually fountains of ice rising up from the surface of this tiny moon. That's fascinating and beautiful in itself, but we think that the mechanism for powering those fountains
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Is fire a solid, a...
This heat sustains the flames by keeping the fuel at or above ignition temperature. Eventually, though, even the hottest fires run out of fuel or oxygen. Then, those twisting flames give a final hiss and disappear with a wisp of smoke
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Gavin Schmidt: The...
How does pollution, which you can see in the white wisps of sulfate pollution in Europe, how does that affect the temperatures at the surface and the sunlight that you get at the surface? We can look at this across the world.
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Uri Alon: Why truly...
to help you say "Yes, and" to your own ideas, to increase the chance that, through the wisps of the cloud, you'll find that moment of calmness where you get your first glimpse of your unexpected discovery, your C. Thank you.
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Living in a shadow PIPE...
his wife Margaret Kilgallen who was also an artist Margaret was beautiful a wisp of a woman with wavy auburn hair and vivid blue eyes self-effacing but stubborn an idealist and an imp she played the banjo and surfed and the
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The myth of Arachne -...
The weavers began, eyes fixed and shuttles blurring. Athena conjured wisps of cloud from above and slender threads of grass from below in a spectacle of strength.
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Regina Dugan: From...
so light they can sit atop a dandelion puff and be blown away with a wisp of air -- so light that you can make a car that two people can lift, but so strong
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The tale of the doctor...
Death stood motionless, his inscrutable face fixed on the sputtering flame— until all that was left of the doctor was a wisp of smoke.
Video examples
3 clues to understanding...
little wisps of protoplasm, interacting with each other, and from this activity emerges the whole spectrum of abilities that we call human nature and human consciousness. How does this happen? Well, there are many ways of approaching the functions of the human brain.
Video examples
Climbing a Table-Top...
that's what happy one of the most glorious places I've ever worked out the view is extraordinary you can see all the way to Brazil little wisps of cloud Louis and the light is beautiful the summits of these mountains have been isolated for tens of millions of years
Video examples
Why we need the...
It's a beautiful graphic. What we found out were that those faint wisps are actually fountains of ice rising up from the surface of this tiny moon. That's fascinating and beautiful in itself, but we think that the mechanism for powering those fountains
Video examples
Is fire a solid, a...
This heat sustains the flames by keeping the fuel at or above ignition temperature. Eventually, though, even the hottest fires run out of fuel or oxygen. Then, those twisting flames give a final hiss and disappear with a wisp of smoke
Video examples
Gavin Schmidt: The...
How does pollution, which you can see in the white wisps of sulfate pollution in Europe, how does that affect the temperatures at the surface and the sunlight that you get at the surface? We can look at this across the world.
Video examples
Uri Alon: Why truly...
to help you say "Yes, and" to your own ideas, to increase the chance that, through the wisps of the cloud, you'll find that moment of calmness where you get your first glimpse of your unexpected discovery, your C. Thank you.
Video examples
Living in a shadow PIPE...
his wife Margaret Kilgallen who was also an artist Margaret was beautiful a wisp of a woman with wavy auburn hair and vivid blue eyes self-effacing but stubborn an idealist and an imp she played the banjo and surfed and the
Video examples
The myth of Arachne -...
The weavers began, eyes fixed and shuttles blurring. Athena conjured wisps of cloud from above and slender threads of grass from below in a spectacle of strength.
Video examples
Regina Dugan: From...
so light they can sit atop a dandelion puff and be blown away with a wisp of air -- so light that you can make a car that two people can lift, but so strong
Video examples
The tale of the doctor...
Death stood motionless, his inscrutable face fixed on the sputtering flame— until all that was left of the doctor was a wisp of smoke.
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Quote examples
Steve Rushin
American Journalist
Headline writers love the phrase 'Power Grab,' but you can't really grab it, can you? Power is a greased watermelon, a wisp of smoke, difficult to grasp, harder to hold, impossible to control while getting both feet down in bounds.
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Edwin Catmull
American Scientist
We encourage our people to build their ideas from scratch, and we give them the resources - and, crucially, the candid feedback - that are required to transform the first wisps of a story into a truly compelling film.
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Maxine Kumin
American Poet
I have a vast 'bone pile' of stillborn or abandoned poems along with jottings and wisps from the great beyond that I tend to scan. Sometimes that leads somewhere, and sometimes the Muse is just on sabbatical.
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Steve Rushin
American Journalist
Golf mogul Donald Trump sports an arrangement of hair that is less a comb-over than a 'do-over, a candy-floss confection of gossamer wisps that comes off as the clumsiest cover-up since Watergate.
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Vincent Van Gogh
Dutch Painter
One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever came to sit by it. Passers-by see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on their way.
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Maya Angelou
American Poet
Everybody born comes from the Creator trailing wisps of glory. We come from the Creator with creativity. I think that each one of us is born with creativity.
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Vincent Van Gogh
Dutch Painter
There may be a great fire in our hearts, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke.
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Andre Aciman
American Writer
Rituals are the building blocks of life, my way of cobbling an entire summer together from incidental wisps.
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Maya Angelou
American Poet
I believe that each of us comes from the Creator trailing wisps of glory.
Quote examples
Steve Rushin
American Journalist
Headline writers love the phrase 'Power Grab,' but you can't really grab it, can you? Power is a greased watermelon, a wisp of smoke, difficult to grasp, harder to hold, impossible to control while getting both feet down in bounds.
Quote examples
Edwin Catmull
American Scientist
We encourage our people to build their ideas from scratch, and we give them the resources - and, crucially, the candid feedback - that are required to transform the first wisps of a story into a truly compelling film.
Quote examples
Maxine Kumin
American Poet
I have a vast 'bone pile' of stillborn or abandoned poems along with jottings and wisps from the great beyond that I tend to scan. Sometimes that leads somewhere, and sometimes the Muse is just on sabbatical.
Quote examples
Steve Rushin
American Journalist
Golf mogul Donald Trump sports an arrangement of hair that is less a comb-over than a 'do-over, a candy-floss confection of gossamer wisps that comes off as the clumsiest cover-up since Watergate.
Quote examples
Vincent Van Gogh
Dutch Painter
One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever came to sit by it. Passers-by see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on their way.
Quote examples
Maya Angelou
American Poet
Everybody born comes from the Creator trailing wisps of glory. We come from the Creator with creativity. I think that each one of us is born with creativity.
Quote examples
Vincent Van Gogh
Dutch Painter
There may be a great fire in our hearts, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke.
Quote examples
Andre Aciman
American Writer
Rituals are the building blocks of life, my way of cobbling an entire summer together from incidental wisps.
Quote examples
Maya Angelou
American Poet
I believe that each of us comes from the Creator trailing wisps of glory.
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