mist
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɪst
[edit] Etymology
From Old English mist (“‘mist’”)
[edit] Noun
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mist (countable and uncountable; plural mists)
- (uncountable) Water or other liquid finely suspended in air.
- It was difficult to see through the morning mist.
- (countable) A layer of fine droplets or particles.
- There was an oily mist on the lens.
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Water or other liquid finely suspended in air
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to mist (third-person singular simple present mists, present participle misting, simple past and past participle misted)
- To form mist.
- It's misting this morning.
- To spray fine droplets on, particularly of water.
- I mist my tropical plants every morning.
- To cover with a mist.
- The lens was misted.
- (of the eyes) To be covered by tears.
- My eyes misted when I remembered what had happened.
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To form mist
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mist m
[edit] Swedish
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mist c.
- fog (cloud that forms at a low altitude and obscures vision)
This Swedish entry was created from the translations listed at fog. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see mist in the Swedish Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) May 2009
