mist

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//mɪst//

Water or other liquid finely suspended in air. (Compare fog, haze.)

sostantivo

1
Water or other liquid finely suspended in air. (Compare fog, haze.)
It was difficult to see through the morning mist.
2
A layer of fine droplets or particles.
There was an oily mist on the lens.
3
figuratoAnything that dims, darkens, or hinders vision.
His passion cast a mist before his sense.
Alas, I do not have the strength to continue writing. Already, mist veils my eyes.

Etimologia

The noun is from Middle English mist, from Old English mist (“mist; darkness; dimness (of eyesight)”), from Proto-Germanic *mihstaz (“mist, fog”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃migʰstos, from the root *h₃meygʰ- (“cloud, fog, drizzle”). Cognate with Scots mist (“mist, fog”), West Frisian mist (“mist”), Dutch mist (“mist”), Swedish mist (“mist, fog”), Icelandic mistur (“mist”), West Frisian miegelje (“to drizzle”), Dutch dialectal miggelen, miegelen (“to drizzle”), Lithuanian miglà (“fog”), Sanskrit मेघ (megha, “cloud”), Russian мгла (mgla, “fog, haze”). The verb is from Middle English misten, from Old English mistian.

verbo

1
To form mist.
It's misting this morning.
2
To spray fine droplets on, particularly of water.
I mist my tropical plants every morning.
3
To rain in very fine droplets.
... it's misting outside. When it mists outside it's half fog and half rain.
On this particular early morning , with a bitter cold rain misting down, Seminov was reaching the end of his endurance.
... rain misting outside from thick clouds.
4
To cover with a mist.
The lens was misted.
her breath will mist or staine the stone
5
To be covered by tears.
My eyes misted when I remembered what had happened.
6
To disperse into a mist, accompanying operation of equipment at high speeds.

verbo

1
Anche una forma di missobsoletopast of miss
you shall be mist at Court

Forme

plurale: mists
passato: misted
participio passato: misted
participio presente: misting
3ª persona singolare: mists

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mist · Water or other liquid finely suspended in air. (Compare fog, haze.)

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