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fog
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /f??/
- (US) IPA(key): /f??/, /f??/
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
Origin uncertain; but probably of North Germanic origin, from Danish fog (“spray, shower, drift, storm”), related to Icelandic fok (“spray, any light thing tossed by the wind, snowdrift”), Icelandic fjúka (“to blow, drive”), from Proto-Germanic *feukan? (“to whisk, blow”), from Proto-Indo-European *pug- (“billow, bulge, drift”), from *pew-, *pow- (“to blow, drift, billow”). Related to German fauchen (“to hiss, spit, spray”).
Noun
fog (countable and uncountable, plural fogs)
- (uncountable) A thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud.
- Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; […].
- Synonyms: haze, mist
- (uncountable) A mist or film clouding a surface.
- Synonym: steam
- A state of mind characterized by lethargy and confusion.
- Synonyms: daze, haze
- (photography) A silver deposit or other blur on a negative or developed photographic image.
- (computer graphics) Distance fog.
Usage notes
- To count sense thick cloud, bank of fog is usually used.
- To count sense clouding a surface, foggy patch is usually used.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
fog (third-person singular simple present fogs, present participle fogging, simple past and past participle fogged)
- (intransitive) To become covered with or as if with fog.
- (intransitive) To become obscured in condensation or water.
- Synonyms: become cloudy, become steamy
- (intransitive, photography) To become dim or obscure.
- (transitive, photography) To make dim or obscure.
- (transitive, photography) To spoil (film) via exposure to light other than in the normal process of taking a photograph.
- (transitive) To cover with or as if with fog.
- 1968, Eighth Annual Report, Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg, p 7:
- Fogging for adult mosquito control began on June 4th in residential areas. Until September 25th, the Metro area was fogged eleven times, using nine truck-mounted foggers, eight hand swing foggers, and two boats.
- 1968, Eighth Annual Report, Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg, p 7:
- (transitive) To disperse insecticide into (a forest canopy) so as to collect organisms.
- (transitive) To obscure in condensation or water.
- (transitive) To make confusing or obscure.
- Synonyms: blur, cloud, obscure
- To practice in a small or mean way; to pettifog.
- Where wouldst thou fog to get a fee?
Translations
Etymology 2
Origin uncertain. Compare Scots fog (“moss; lichen”), Norwegian fogg.
Noun
fog (uncountable)
- A new growth of grass appearing on a field that has been mowed or grazed.
- (Britain, dialect) Tall and decaying grass left standing after the cutting or grazing season; foggage.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
- (Scotland) Moss.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
fog (third-person singular simple present fogs, present participle fogging, simple past and past participle fogged)
- (transitive) To pasture cattle on the fog, or aftergrass, of; to eat off the fog from.
- (intransitive) To become covered with the kind of grass called fog.
References
- fog in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- fog in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- GoF
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?fo?]
- Hyphenation: fog
- Rhymes: -o?
Etymology 1
From Proto-Ugric *pu??- (“to grasp, to catch”). Cognates include Mansi ???? (puvi).
Verb
fog
- (transitive) to hold (to keep in one's hands)
- (transitive) to take (to get into one's hands)
- (transitive) to catch, to capture (to seize by force, especially to grab or trap an animal)
- (transitive, broadcasting) to receive (to detect a signal from a transmitter)
- (transitive, by extension, slang) to listen to, to hear, to understand (to pay attention to someone)
- (transitive, intransitive followed by rajta) to affect, to harm (to have an effect on, especially detrimentally)
- (intransitive) to write (of a pen or other writing instrument, to leave a mark)
- (intransitive) to transfer (of ink or dye, to leave a stain upon contact)
- (transitive, ball games) to mark (to follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending)
- (auxiliary, with an infinitive, only in indicative present) will, going to (used to form the future tense)
- (reflexive, followed by és) to up and (to do something abruptly or unexpectedly)
Conjugation
Derived terms
(With verbal prefixes):
Etymology 2
From Proto-Uralic *pi?e (“tooth”). Cognates include Mansi ???? (pu?k), Finnish pii.
Noun
fog (plural fogak)
- (anatomy) tooth
- tooth, cog
- tooth (a sharp projection on a saw or similar implement)
Declension
Derived terms
References
Further reading
- (verb) fog in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
- (noun) fog in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
Swedish
Noun
fog n (not commonly inflected)
- Valid cause, valid reason.
- (dated) Appropriate manner to proceed.
Derived terms
Noun
fog c
- joint, seam
Declension
Derived terms
References
- fog in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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cloak
English
Alternative forms
- cloke (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English cloke, from Old Northern French cloque (“travelling cloak”), from Medieval Latin clocca (“travelers' cape, literally “a bell”, so called from the garment’s bell-like shape”), of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos-, ultimately imitative.
Doublet of clock.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?klo?k/
- Rhymes: -??k
Noun
cloak (plural cloaks)
- A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood.
- A blanket-like covering, often metaphorical.
- (figuratively) That which conceals; a disguise or pretext.
- No man is esteemed any ways considerable for policy who wears religion otherwise than as a cloak.
- (Internet) A text replacement for an IRC user's hostname or IP address, making the user less identifiable.
Derived terms
- cloak and dagger
Translations
See also
- burnoose, burnous, burnouse
- domino costume
Verb
cloak (third-person singular simple present cloaks, present participle cloaking, simple past and past participle cloaked)
- (transitive) To cover as with a cloak.
- (transitive, figuratively) To cover up, hide or conceal.
- (science fiction, transitive, intransitive) To render or become invisible via futuristic technology.
- The ship cloaked before entering the enemy sector of space.
Derived terms
- cloaking device
Translations
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