Fogger

fog ¹  (fôg, fg)

n.

1. Condensed water vapor in cloudlike masses lying close to the ground and limiting visibility.

2.

a. An obscuring haze, as of atmospheric dust or smoke.

b. A mist or film clouding a surface, as of a window, lens, or mirror.

3. A cloud of vaporized liquid, especially a chemical spray used in fighting fires.

4.

a. A state of mental vagueness or bewilderment.

b. Something that obscures or conceals; a haze: shrouded their actions in a fog of disinformation.

5. A blur on a developed photographic image.

v. fogged, fog·ging, fogs

v.tr.

1. To cover or envelop with or as if with fog.

2. To cause to be obscured; cloud.

3. To make vague, hazy, or confused: a memory that had been fogged by time.

4. To obscure or dim (a photographic image).

v.intr.

1. To be covered with or as if with fog.

2. To be blurred, clouded, or obscured: My glasses fogged in the warm air.

3. To be dimmed or obscured. Used of a photographic image.

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[Perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]

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fogger n.

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fog ²  (fôg, fg)

n.

1. A new growth of grass appearing on a field that has been mowed or grazed.

2. Tall, decaying grass left standing after the cutting or grazing season.

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[Middle English fogge, tall grass; see p- in Indo-European roots.]