Definition of "fog" in английский

noun

1. (uncountable) A thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud.

   • a bank of fog

2. (uncountable) A mist or film clouding a surface.

3. (figurative) A state of mind characterized by lethargy and confusion.

   • He did so many drugs, he was still in a fog three months after going through detox.

4. (photography) A silver deposit or other blur on a negative or developed photographic image.

5. (computer graphics) Distance fog.

verb

1. (intransitive) To become covered with or as if with fog.

2. (intransitive) To become obscured in condensation or water.

   • The mirror fogged every time he showered.

3. (intransitive, photography) To become dim or obscure.

4. (transitive, photography) To make dim or obscure.

5. (transitive, photography) To spoil (film) via exposure to light other than in the normal process of taking a photograph.

6. (transitive) To cover with or as if with fog.

7. (transitive) To disperse insecticide into (a forest canopy) so as to collect organisms.

8. (transitive) To obscure in condensation or water.

9. (transitive) To make confusing or obscure.

noun

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

2. (UK, dialect) Tall and decaying grass left standing after the cutting or grazing season.

3. (Scotland) Moss.

verb

1. (transitive) To pasture cattle on the fog (of), or aftergrass, of; to eat off the fog from (a field).

2. (intransitive) To become covered with the kind of grass called fog.

verb

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To practice in a small or mean way; to pettifog.