fog
- Top 5000
Sense 1
- noun
- A2
A thick cloud of very small water drops close to the ground that makes it hard to see far.
Thick fog hid the top of the hill from us.
Drivers slowed right down because the fog was getting thicker.
The fog lifted around ten and the afternoon was clear.
We could barely read the road signs in the fog.
Common collocations: thick fog · dense fog · in the fog · the fog lifts · patches of fog · fog comes down
Sense 2 · less common
- verb
- B1
If glass fogs, tiny drops of water cover it so that you cannot see through it properly.
My glasses fogged up the moment I stepped inside.
The bathroom mirror fogs up every time I take a shower.
Cold air outside made the car windows fog quickly.
Common collocations: fog up · the windows fog up · glasses fog up · fog over
Part of: Weather
Forms
- past
- fogged
- plural
- fogs
- third_person
- fogs
- past_participle
- fogged