The meaning of Fog

verb

Totally bewilder or perplex.

Usage examples:

An unexplained occurrence that baffled everyone

noun

A device used to restrain the flow of a fluid, gas, etc. or to prevent the spreading of sound or light in a particular direction.

Usage examples:

You can cut out glare from a strip light by concealing it behind a baffle

verb

To cause someone to be unable to understand or explain something

Usage examples:

Even his friends were baffled by his behavior., a baffling mystery

verb

Make obscure or muddled.

Usage examples:

Confusion beclouds the issue

verb

Cause to become dim.

Usage examples:

A slight cloud would bedim the sky

verb

Make confused.

Usage examples:

Her brain was befogged with lack of sleep

verb

Make (someone) unable to think clearly.

Usage examples:

The logic used to arrive at this conclusion befuddles me

verb

To confuse someone

Usage examples:

Federer has a wide repertoire of clever shots that befuddle even the best of his opponents.

verb

Cause (someone) to become perplexed and confused.

Usage examples:

She was bewildered by his sudden change of mood

noun

Mist or fog.

Usage examples:

The birds rise like brume

noun

Sticky mud or dirt.

Usage examples:

That weird clag that fills your back yards and covers your roads

verb

Make (someone) bewildered or perplexed.

Usage examples:

Past and present blurred together, confusing her still further

verb

To cause someone to feel uncertain or unclear, or to make something difficult to understand

Usage examples:

You’re confusing me – please repeat the directions more slowly., you’re confusing me with my sister…

verb

(especially of an emotional or physical shock) make (someone) unable to think or react properly.

Usage examples:

She was dazed by his revelations

noun

A state of stunned confusion or bewilderment.

Usage examples:

He was walking around in a daze

verb

Confuse or stupefy (someone), especially with alcohol.

Usage examples:

That wine after dinner must have fuddled me

noun

A state of confusion or intoxication.

Usage examples:

Through the fuddle of wine he heard some of the conversation

verb

To confuse someone and make them unable to think clearly

Usage examples:

The heat had fuddled my brain., sometimes he gets in a fuddle and then he can't find things.

noun

An amount of gas or vapour that smells strongly or is dangerous to inhale.

Usage examples:

Clouds of exhaust fumes spewed by cars

verb

Feel, show, or express great anger.

Usage examples:

‘we simply cannot have this’, she fumed

noun

Partial or total darkness.

Usage examples:

He strained his eyes peering into the gloom

verb

Have a dark or sombre appearance.

Usage examples:

The black gibbet glooms beside the way

noun

Lack of hope

Usage examples:

Gloom and anger replaced her earlier upbeat mood., up ahead they could see lights in the gloom.

noun

The state of being unhappy or without hope

Usage examples:

The sheer gloominess of the prime minister's message has attracted much comment., economists said t…

noun

A cold sea fog on the east coast of england or scotland.

Usage examples:

The east coast weather gods conspired to roll in the haar off the north sea in a north to north eas…

noun

A cold mist coming from the sea to the east of scotland or northern england

Usage examples:

The haar was just lifting and the sun struggling through., even in summer sea haar can reduce visib…

noun

A slight obscuration of the lower atmosphere, typically caused by fine suspended particles.

Usage examples:

The cold air has no pollution and very little haze

verb

Obscure with a haze.

Usage examples:

A clump of islands, very green, but hazed in cloud and mist

verb

Force (a new or potential recruit to the military or a university fraternity) to perform strenuous, humiliating, or dangerous tasks.

Usage examples:

Rookies were mercilessly hazed

noun

A cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface that limits visibility (to a lesser extent than fog; strictly, with visibility remaining above 1 km (1,100 yards))

Usage examples:

The peaks were shrouded in mist

verb

A cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface that limits visibility (to a lesser extent than fog; strictly, with visibility remaining above 1 km).

Usage examples:

The peaks were shrouded in mist

noun

A light rain or a collection of very small drops of water in the air that is like a fog

Usage examples:

[ c ] in the mornings, a mist covered the surface of the lake.

noun

The quality of being misty (= with small drops of water in the air which make it difficult to see into the distance)

Usage examples:

She could hardly see where sea and sky met far away in the soft grey mistiness., the greyish-creamy…

verb

Bring into a disordered or confusing state.

Usage examples:

I fear he may have muddled the message

noun

An untidy and disorganized state or collection.

Usage examples:

The finances were in a muddle

noun

A messy and confused state

Usage examples:

Her life was in a muddle.

noun

Darkness or thick mist that makes it difficult to see.

Usage examples:

My eyes were straining to see through the murk of the rainy evening

adjective

Murky; gloomy.

Usage examples:

The sun peered down at her from the murk grey cloud rumbling their way down their road in the sky.

noun

Darkness or a thick cloud, which prevents you from seeing clearly

Usage examples:

A dense murk of smog

verb

Make obscure, unclear, or unintelligible.

Usage examples:

The spelling changes will deform some familiar words and obfuscate their etymological origins

verb

To make something less clear and harder to understand, especially intentionally

Usage examples:

She was criticized for using arguments that obfuscated the main issue., companies deliberately obfu…

adjective

Not discovered or known about; uncertain.

Usage examples:

His origins and parentage are obscure

verb

Keep from being seen; conceal.

Usage examples:

Grey clouds obscure the sun

adjective

Not known to many people

Usage examples:

An obscure 18th-century painter, official policy has changed for reasons that remain obscure.

noun

A very thick fog

verb

Make (someone) feel completely baffled.

Usage examples:

She was perplexed by her husband's moodiness

verb

To cause someone to be confused or uncertain over something that is not understood

Usage examples:

The symptoms of the disease have continued to perplex her doctors., just when it appeared that inte…

verb

To confuse and worry someone slightly by being difficult to understand or solve

Usage examples:

The disease has continued to perplex doctors.

noun

Comparative darkness and coolness caused by shelter from direct sunlight.

Usage examples:

Sitting in the shade

verb

Screen from direct light.

Usage examples:

She shaded her eyes against the sun

noun

Darkness and cooler temperatures caused by something blocking the direct light from the sun

Usage examples:

[ u ] the truck was parked in the shade., [ c ] the lamps had matching shades., he painted the room…

noun

Fog or haze intensified by smoke or other atmospheric pollutants.

Usage examples:

Exhaust emissions are mainly responsible for the smog

noun

Air pollution caused by smoke or chemicals mixing with fog

Usage examples:

[ u ] we get a lot of smog downtown., [ c ] a poisonous smog killed 20 people., a smoggy city/day

verb

Make (someone) unable to think or feel properly.

Usage examples:

The offence of administering drugs to a woman with intent to stupefy her

verb

To tire or bore someone so much that the person cannot think or do anything

Usage examples:

His classes totally stupefied me., he was stupefied to learn that he was fired.

noun

A state of near-unconsciousness or insensibility.

Usage examples:

A drunken stupor

noun

A state in which a person is almost unconscious

noun

A half-conscious state characterized by an absence of response to external stimuli, typically as induced by hypnosis or entered by a medium.

Usage examples:

She put him into a light trance

verb

Put into a trance.

Usage examples:

She's been tranced and may need waking

noun

A mental state between sleeping and waking in which a person does not move but can hear and understand what is being said

Usage examples:

The sound of the waves lulled me into a trance.

noun

A piece of fine material worn by women to protect or conceal the face.

Usage examples:

A white bridal veil

verb

A membrane which is attached to the immature fruiting body of some toadstools and ruptures in the course of development, either ( universal veil ) enclosing the whole fruiting body or ( partial veil ) joining the edges of the cap to the stalk.

noun

A piece of thin material worn to protect or hide the face or head

Usage examples:

The bride wore a veil made of french lace., fig. a veil of secrecy surrounded the appointment of th…