English words for '(ambitransitive) To cloud up.'
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verb
- (transitive) To cover with cloud; to overshadow; to darken.
- (transitive, bookbinding) To fasten (sheets) by overcast stitching or by folding one edge over another.
- (transitive) To make gloomy; to depress.
- make overcast or cloudy
- sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches
- sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next
adj
noun
- (mining) A place where one roadway crosses another, specifically where an airway was built across the top of another airway for ventilation purposes.
- A cloud covering all of the sky from horizon to horizon.
- a cast that falls beyond the intended spot
- the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds
- a long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling
- gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover
verb
- (transitive) To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds.
- billow up in the form of a cloud
- Of the breath, to become cloud; to turn into mist.
- (intransitive) To become foggy or gloomy, or obscured from sight.
- (transitive) To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colors.
- (transitive) To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish (reputation or character).
- (transitive) To make obscure.
- (transitive) To make less acute or perceptive.
- (intransitive) To become marked, darkened or variegated in this way.
- (transitive) To make gloomy or sullen.
- make less clear
- place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
- make overcast or cloudy
- make gloomy or depressed
- colour with streaks or blotches of different shades
- make milky or dull
- make less visible or unclear
noun
- A group or swarm, especially suspended above the ground or flying.
- (cloud computing, with "the") The Internet, regarded as an abstract amorphous omnipresent space for processing and storage, the focus of cloud computing.
- (figurative) Anything unsubstantial.
- A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.
- (telecommunications) A telecom network (from their representation in engineering drawings).
- (slang) Crystal methamphetamine.
- (figuratively) A negative or foreboding aspect of something positive: see every cloud has a silver lining or every silver lining has a cloud.
- Anything which makes things foggy or gloomy.
- Any mass of dust, steam or smoke resembling such a mass.
- A large, loosely-knitted headscarf worn by women.
- (Internet slang, humorous, endearing) A white cat.
- An elliptical shape or symbol whose outline is a series of semicircles, supposed to resemble a cloud.
- A dark spot on a lighter material or background.
- a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude
- a group of many things in the air or on the ground
- a cause of worry or gloom or trouble
- any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible
- suspicion affecting your reputation
- out of touch with reality
verb
noun
- An artificial cloud made by the exhaust of jet aircraft or wingtip vortices that precipitate a stream of tiny ice crystals in moist, frigid upper air.
- an artificial cloud created by an aircraft; caused either by condensation due to the reduction in air pressure above the wing surface or by water vapor in the engine exhaust
verb
- (transitive) To cloud, obscure, or perplex; to render less clear or intelligible.
- (impersonal) To get dark (referring to the sky, either in the evening or as a result of cloud).
- (intransitive) To become dark or darker (having less light).
- (intransitive) To be extinguished or deprived of vitality, to die.
- (transitive) To render gloomy, darker in mood.
- (intransitive) To become gloomy, darker in mood.
- (transitive) To make dark or darker in colour.
- (intransitive) To become dark or darker in colour.
- (transitive) To make dark or darker by reducing light.
- (transitive) To make foul; to sully; to tarnish.
- (transitive) To blind, impair the eyesight.
- (intransitive) To be blinded, lose one’s eyesight.
- tarnish or stain
- make dark or darker
- become dark or darker
verb
adj
noun
verb
- (transitive) To shade, cloud, or darken.
- (transitive, intransitive) To accompany (a professional) during the working day, so as to learn about an occupation one intends to take up.
- (transitive) To block light or radio transmission from.
- (particularly espionage) To secretly or discreetly track or follow another, to keep under surveillance.
- (transitive) To represent faintly and imperfectly.
- (transitive) To hide; to conceal.
- (transitive, computing) To apply the shadowing process to (the contents of ROM).
- (transitive, programming) To make (an identifier, usually a variable) inaccessible by declaring another of the same name within the scope of the first.
- make appear small by comparison
- follow, usually without the person's knowledge
- cast a shadow over
adj
noun
- (UK, law enforcement) A trainee, assigned to work with an experienced officer.
- A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
- A spirit; a ghost; a shade.
- (Jungian psychology) An unconscious aspect of the personality.
- (typography) A drop shadow effect applied to lettering in word processors etc.
- Relative darkness, especially as caused by the interruption of light; gloom; obscurity.
- An imperfect and faint representation.
- An inseparable companion.
- (figurative) That which looms as though a shadow.
- One who secretly or furtively follows another.
- An influence, especially a pervasive or a negative one.
- (chiefly in the negative) A small degree; a shade.
- An area protected by an obstacle (likened to an object blocking out sunlight).
- refuge from danger or observation
- something existing in perception only
- an inseparable companion
- an unilluminated area
- shade within clear boundaries
- a premonition of something adverse
- a dominating and pervasive presence
- a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements
- an indication that something has been present
adj
verb
- (transitive) To cover with a mist.
- (intransitive) To form mist.
- (printing, of ink) To disperse into a mist, accompanying operation of equipment at high speeds.
- (transitive, of the eyes) To be covered by tears.
- (intransitive) To rain in very fine droplets.
- (transitive) To spray fine droplets on, particularly of water.
- spray finely or cover with mist
- become covered with mist
- make less visible or unclear
noun
verb
- (intransitive, figuratively) To be dark, gloomy, and threatening, as clouds; of the sky: to be covered with dark and threatening clouds; to show threatening signs of approach, as a tempest.
- (intransitive) To frown; to look sullen.
- make lower or quieter
- look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval
- set lower
noun
verb
- To be or become hazy, or thick with haze.
- (US, informal) To perform an unpleasant initiation ritual upon a usually non-consenting individual, especially freshmen to a closed community such as a college fraternity or military unit.
- (transitive) In a rodeo, to assist the bulldogger by keeping (the steer) running in a straight line.
- (transitive) To use aversive stimuli on (a wild animal, such as a bear) to encourage it to keep its distance from humans.
- To oppress or harass by forcing to do hard and unnecessary work.
- become hazy, dull, or cloudy
- harass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions
noun
- An analogous dullness on a surface that is ideally highly reflective or transparent.
- A reduction of transparency of a clear gas or liquid.
- (countable, brewing) Any substance causing turbidity in beer or wine.
- Very fine solid particles (smoke, dust) or liquid droplets (moisture) suspended in the air, slightly limiting visibility. (Compare fog, mist.)
- (figuratively) Any state suggestive of haze in the atmosphere, such as mental confusion or vagueness of memory.
- (uncountable, engineering, packaging) The degree of cloudiness or turbidity in a clear glass or plastic, measured in percent.
- confusion characterized by lack of clarity
- atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility
verb
- (intransitive) To become covered with or as if with fog.
- (transitive) To cover with or as if with fog.
- (transitive, photography) To make dim or obscure.
- (transitive) To disperse insecticide into (a forest canopy) so as to collect organisms.
- (transitive, photography) To spoil (film) via exposure to light other than in the normal process of taking a photograph.
- (intransitive) To become obscured in condensation or water.
- (transitive) To obscure in condensation or water.
- (transitive) To make confusing or obscure.
- (intransitive) To become covered with the kind of grass called fog.
- (transitive) To pasture cattle on the fog (of), or aftergrass, of; to eat off the fog from (a field).
- (intransitive, photography) To become dim or obscure.
- make less visible or unclear
noun
- (uncountable) A thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud.
- (Scotland) Moss.
- (UK, dialect) Tall and decaying grass left standing after the cutting or grazing season.
- A new growth of grass appearing on a field that has been mowed or grazed.
- (uncountable) A mist or film clouding a surface.
- (photography) A silver deposit or other blur on a negative or developed photographic image.
- (figurative) A state of mind characterized by lethargy and confusion.
- (computer graphics) Distance fog.
- confusion characterized by lack of clarity
- an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance
- droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
noun
noun
adj
verb
noun
- (UK, dialect) The sky; cloud-drift.
- (computing) The bit or digit that is carried in an addition operation.
- (golf) The distance travelled by the ball when struck, until it hits the ground.
- (finance) Carried interest.
- A tract of land over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a portage.
- (finance) The benefit or cost of owning an asset over time.
- A manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried.
- the act of carrying something
verb
- To contain; to comprise; have a particular aspect; to show or exhibit
- (transitive) To stock or supply (something); to have in store.
- To succeed in (e.g. a contest); to succeed in; to win.
- To hold the head; said of a horse.
- (transitive) To notionally transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another.
- (reflexive) To bear (oneself); to behave or conduct.
- (transitive) To convey by extension or continuance; to extend.
- (transitive) To adopt (something); take (something) over.
- (slang, transitive) To insult, to diss.
- (transitive) To have on one’s person.
- (Southern US) To physically transport (in the general sense, not necessarily by lifting)
- (intransitive) To have a weapon on one's person; to be armed.
- (Canada, US) To bear a firearm, such as a gun.
- (transitive) To adopt or resolve on, especially in a deliberative assembly
- (transitive) To have, hold, possess or maintain (something).
- (gaming, sports) (transitive or, rarely, intransitive) To be disproportionately responsible for a team's success or for counteracting teammates' underperformance.
- (transitive, nautical) To capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding.
- (transitive, sports) To transport (the ball) whilst maintaining possession.
- To bear or uphold successfully, especially through conflict, for example a leader or principle
- To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another.
- (transitive) To lead or guide.
- To have propulsive power; to propel.
- (hunting) To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.
- To be pregnant (with).
- (intransitive) To be transmitted; to travel.
- (intransitive, cricket) For the ball, having been hit in the air, to reach a fielder without touching the ground (whether or not the fielder catches it).
- (transitive) To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
- (transitive, arithmetic) In an addition, to transfer the quantity in excess of what is countable in the units in a column to the column immediately to the left in order to be added there.
- pursue a line of scent or be a bearer
- include as the content; broadcast or publicize
- include, as on a list
- support or hold in a certain manner
- have or possess something abstract
- sing or play against other voices or parts
- contain or hold; have within
- transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
- be able to feed
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions)
- be pregnant with
- win approval or support for
- propel or give impetus to
- transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication
- have on the surface or on the skin
- transfer (entries) from one account book to another
- extend to a certain degree
- pass on a communication
- cover a certain distance or advance beyond
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- serve as a means for expressing something
- drink alcohol without showing ill effects
- be successful in
- have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence
- be conveyed over a certain distance
- move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
- compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance
- capture after a fight
- be necessarily associated with or result in or involve
- keep up with financial support
- win in an election
- be equipped with (a mast or sail)
- propel
- take further or advance
- have on hand
- continue or extend
- bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of
- have a certain range
- bear (a crop)
verb
- (intransitive, UK dialectal) To rise up in clouds, as smoke, dust, etc.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To stir up, as liquor.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To sprinkle.
- (intransitive, UK dialectal) To move; stir.
- (intransitive, UK dialectal) To move actively; keep stirring.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To pour; pour leisurely out of any vessel held high.
adj
noun
verb
- (transitive) To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.
- (transitive) To dry (writing, etc.) with blotting paper.
- (transitive) To cause a blot (on something) by spilling a coloured substance.
- (backgammon, transitive) To hit a blot.
- (transitive) To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
- (transitive, MLE) To sell illegal drugs, to deal, to push.
- (transitive) To stain with infamy; to disgrace.
- (transitive) To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.
- (intransitive) To soak up or absorb liquid.
- (transitive) To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface; generally with out.
- dry (ink) with blotting paper
- make a spot or mark onto
noun
- A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance.
- (by extension) A stain on someone's reputation or character; a disgrace.
- (backgammon) An exposed piece in backgammon.
- (biochemistry) A method of transferring proteins, DNA or RNA, onto a carrier.
- a blemish made by dirt
- an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
prefix
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To become covered with or as if with fog.
- (transitive) To cover with or as if with fog.
- (transitive, photography) To make dim or obscure.
- (transitive) To disperse insecticide into (a forest canopy) so as to collect organisms.
- (transitive, photography) To spoil (film) via exposure to light other than in the normal process of taking a photograph.
- (intransitive) To become obscured in condensation or water.
- (transitive) To obscure in condensation or water.
- (transitive) To make confusing or obscure.
- (intransitive) To become covered with the kind of grass called fog.
- (transitive) To pasture cattle on the fog (of), or aftergrass, of; to eat off the fog from (a field).
- (intransitive, photography) To become dim or obscure.
- make less visible or unclear
noun
- (uncountable) A thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud.
- (Scotland) Moss.
- (UK, dialect) Tall and decaying grass left standing after the cutting or grazing season.
- A new growth of grass appearing on a field that has been mowed or grazed.
- (uncountable) A mist or film clouding a surface.
- (photography) A silver deposit or other blur on a negative or developed photographic image.
- (figurative) A state of mind characterized by lethargy and confusion.
- (computer graphics) Distance fog.
- confusion characterized by lack of clarity
- an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance
- droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
noun
adj
verb
noun
- (UK, dialect) The sky; cloud-drift.
- (computing) The bit or digit that is carried in an addition operation.
- (golf) The distance travelled by the ball when struck, until it hits the ground.
- (finance) Carried interest.
- A tract of land over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a portage.
- (finance) The benefit or cost of owning an asset over time.
- A manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried.
- the act of carrying something
verb
- To contain; to comprise; have a particular aspect; to show or exhibit
- (transitive) To stock or supply (something); to have in store.
- To succeed in (e.g. a contest); to succeed in; to win.
- To hold the head; said of a horse.
- (transitive) To notionally transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another.
- (reflexive) To bear (oneself); to behave or conduct.
- (transitive) To convey by extension or continuance; to extend.
- (transitive) To adopt (something); take (something) over.
- (slang, transitive) To insult, to diss.
- (transitive) To have on one’s person.
- (Southern US) To physically transport (in the general sense, not necessarily by lifting)
- (intransitive) To have a weapon on one's person; to be armed.
- (Canada, US) To bear a firearm, such as a gun.
- (transitive) To adopt or resolve on, especially in a deliberative assembly
- (transitive) To have, hold, possess or maintain (something).
- (gaming, sports) (transitive or, rarely, intransitive) To be disproportionately responsible for a team's success or for counteracting teammates' underperformance.
- (transitive, nautical) To capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding.
- (transitive, sports) To transport (the ball) whilst maintaining possession.
- To bear or uphold successfully, especially through conflict, for example a leader or principle
- To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another.
- (transitive) To lead or guide.
- To have propulsive power; to propel.
- (hunting) To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.
- To be pregnant (with).
- (intransitive) To be transmitted; to travel.
- (intransitive, cricket) For the ball, having been hit in the air, to reach a fielder without touching the ground (whether or not the fielder catches it).
- (transitive) To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
- (transitive, arithmetic) In an addition, to transfer the quantity in excess of what is countable in the units in a column to the column immediately to the left in order to be added there.
- pursue a line of scent or be a bearer
- include as the content; broadcast or publicize
- include, as on a list
- support or hold in a certain manner
- have or possess something abstract
- sing or play against other voices or parts
- contain or hold; have within
- transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
- be able to feed
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions)
- be pregnant with
- win approval or support for
- propel or give impetus to
- transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication
- have on the surface or on the skin
- transfer (entries) from one account book to another
- extend to a certain degree
- pass on a communication
- cover a certain distance or advance beyond
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- serve as a means for expressing something
- drink alcohol without showing ill effects
- be successful in
- have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence
- be conveyed over a certain distance
- move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
- compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance
- capture after a fight
- be necessarily associated with or result in or involve
- keep up with financial support
- win in an election
- be equipped with (a mast or sail)
- propel
- take further or advance
- have on hand
- continue or extend
- bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of
- have a certain range
- bear (a crop)
verb
- (transitive) To cover with cloud; to overshadow; to darken.
- (transitive, bookbinding) To fasten (sheets) by overcast stitching or by folding one edge over another.
- (transitive) To make gloomy; to depress.
- make overcast or cloudy
- sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches
- sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next
adj
noun
- (mining) A place where one roadway crosses another, specifically where an airway was built across the top of another airway for ventilation purposes.
- A cloud covering all of the sky from horizon to horizon.
- a cast that falls beyond the intended spot
- the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds
- a long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling
- gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover
verb
- (transitive) To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds.
- billow up in the form of a cloud
- Of the breath, to become cloud; to turn into mist.
- (intransitive) To become foggy or gloomy, or obscured from sight.
- (transitive) To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colors.
- (transitive) To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish (reputation or character).
- (transitive) To make obscure.
- (transitive) To make less acute or perceptive.
- (intransitive) To become marked, darkened or variegated in this way.
- (transitive) To make gloomy or sullen.
- make less clear
- place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
- make overcast or cloudy
- make gloomy or depressed
- colour with streaks or blotches of different shades
- make milky or dull
- make less visible or unclear
noun
- A group or swarm, especially suspended above the ground or flying.
- (cloud computing, with "the") The Internet, regarded as an abstract amorphous omnipresent space for processing and storage, the focus of cloud computing.
- (figurative) Anything unsubstantial.
- A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.
- (telecommunications) A telecom network (from their representation in engineering drawings).
- (slang) Crystal methamphetamine.
- (figuratively) A negative or foreboding aspect of something positive: see every cloud has a silver lining or every silver lining has a cloud.
- Anything which makes things foggy or gloomy.
- Any mass of dust, steam or smoke resembling such a mass.
- A large, loosely-knitted headscarf worn by women.
- (Internet slang, humorous, endearing) A white cat.
- An elliptical shape or symbol whose outline is a series of semicircles, supposed to resemble a cloud.
- A dark spot on a lighter material or background.
- a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude
- a group of many things in the air or on the ground
- a cause of worry or gloom or trouble
- any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible
- suspicion affecting your reputation
- out of touch with reality
verb
noun
- An artificial cloud made by the exhaust of jet aircraft or wingtip vortices that precipitate a stream of tiny ice crystals in moist, frigid upper air.
- an artificial cloud created by an aircraft; caused either by condensation due to the reduction in air pressure above the wing surface or by water vapor in the engine exhaust
verb
- (transitive) To cloud, obscure, or perplex; to render less clear or intelligible.
- (impersonal) To get dark (referring to the sky, either in the evening or as a result of cloud).
- (intransitive) To become dark or darker (having less light).
- (intransitive) To be extinguished or deprived of vitality, to die.
- (transitive) To render gloomy, darker in mood.
- (intransitive) To become gloomy, darker in mood.
- (transitive) To make dark or darker in colour.
- (intransitive) To become dark or darker in colour.
- (transitive) To make dark or darker by reducing light.
- (transitive) To make foul; to sully; to tarnish.
- (transitive) To blind, impair the eyesight.
- (intransitive) To be blinded, lose one’s eyesight.
- tarnish or stain
- make dark or darker
- become dark or darker
verb
adj
noun
verb
- (transitive) To shade, cloud, or darken.
- (transitive, intransitive) To accompany (a professional) during the working day, so as to learn about an occupation one intends to take up.
- (transitive) To block light or radio transmission from.
- (particularly espionage) To secretly or discreetly track or follow another, to keep under surveillance.
- (transitive) To represent faintly and imperfectly.
- (transitive) To hide; to conceal.
- (transitive, computing) To apply the shadowing process to (the contents of ROM).
- (transitive, programming) To make (an identifier, usually a variable) inaccessible by declaring another of the same name within the scope of the first.
- make appear small by comparison
- follow, usually without the person's knowledge
- cast a shadow over
adj
noun
- (UK, law enforcement) A trainee, assigned to work with an experienced officer.
- A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
- A spirit; a ghost; a shade.
- (Jungian psychology) An unconscious aspect of the personality.
- (typography) A drop shadow effect applied to lettering in word processors etc.
- Relative darkness, especially as caused by the interruption of light; gloom; obscurity.
- An imperfect and faint representation.
- An inseparable companion.
- (figurative) That which looms as though a shadow.
- One who secretly or furtively follows another.
- An influence, especially a pervasive or a negative one.
- (chiefly in the negative) A small degree; a shade.
- An area protected by an obstacle (likened to an object blocking out sunlight).
- refuge from danger or observation
- something existing in perception only
- an inseparable companion
- an unilluminated area
- shade within clear boundaries
- a premonition of something adverse
- a dominating and pervasive presence
- a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements
- an indication that something has been present
verb
- (transitive) To cover with a mist.
- (intransitive) To form mist.
- (printing, of ink) To disperse into a mist, accompanying operation of equipment at high speeds.
- (transitive, of the eyes) To be covered by tears.
- (intransitive) To rain in very fine droplets.
- (transitive) To spray fine droplets on, particularly of water.
- spray finely or cover with mist
- become covered with mist
- make less visible or unclear
noun
verb
- (intransitive, figuratively) To be dark, gloomy, and threatening, as clouds; of the sky: to be covered with dark and threatening clouds; to show threatening signs of approach, as a tempest.
- (intransitive) To frown; to look sullen.
- make lower or quieter
- look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval
- set lower
noun
verb
- To be or become hazy, or thick with haze.
- (US, informal) To perform an unpleasant initiation ritual upon a usually non-consenting individual, especially freshmen to a closed community such as a college fraternity or military unit.
- (transitive) In a rodeo, to assist the bulldogger by keeping (the steer) running in a straight line.
- (transitive) To use aversive stimuli on (a wild animal, such as a bear) to encourage it to keep its distance from humans.
- To oppress or harass by forcing to do hard and unnecessary work.
- become hazy, dull, or cloudy
- harass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions
noun
- An analogous dullness on a surface that is ideally highly reflective or transparent.
- A reduction of transparency of a clear gas or liquid.
- (countable, brewing) Any substance causing turbidity in beer or wine.
- Very fine solid particles (smoke, dust) or liquid droplets (moisture) suspended in the air, slightly limiting visibility. (Compare fog, mist.)
- (figuratively) Any state suggestive of haze in the atmosphere, such as mental confusion or vagueness of memory.
- (uncountable, engineering, packaging) The degree of cloudiness or turbidity in a clear glass or plastic, measured in percent.
- confusion characterized by lack of clarity
- atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility
verb
- (intransitive) To become covered with or as if with fog.
- (transitive) To cover with or as if with fog.
- (transitive, photography) To make dim or obscure.
- (transitive) To disperse insecticide into (a forest canopy) so as to collect organisms.
- (transitive, photography) To spoil (film) via exposure to light other than in the normal process of taking a photograph.
- (intransitive) To become obscured in condensation or water.
- (transitive) To obscure in condensation or water.
- (transitive) To make confusing or obscure.
- (intransitive) To become covered with the kind of grass called fog.
- (transitive) To pasture cattle on the fog (of), or aftergrass, of; to eat off the fog from (a field).
- (intransitive, photography) To become dim or obscure.
- make less visible or unclear
noun
- (uncountable) A thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud.
- (Scotland) Moss.
- (UK, dialect) Tall and decaying grass left standing after the cutting or grazing season.
- A new growth of grass appearing on a field that has been mowed or grazed.
- (uncountable) A mist or film clouding a surface.
- (photography) A silver deposit or other blur on a negative or developed photographic image.
- (figurative) A state of mind characterized by lethargy and confusion.
- (computer graphics) Distance fog.
- confusion characterized by lack of clarity
- an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance
- droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
verb
- (intransitive, UK dialectal) To rise up in clouds, as smoke, dust, etc.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To stir up, as liquor.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To sprinkle.
- (intransitive, UK dialectal) To move; stir.
- (intransitive, UK dialectal) To move actively; keep stirring.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To pour; pour leisurely out of any vessel held high.
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noun
verb
- (transitive) To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.
- (transitive) To dry (writing, etc.) with blotting paper.
- (transitive) To cause a blot (on something) by spilling a coloured substance.
- (backgammon, transitive) To hit a blot.
- (transitive) To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
- (transitive, MLE) To sell illegal drugs, to deal, to push.
- (transitive) To stain with infamy; to disgrace.
- (transitive) To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.
- (intransitive) To soak up or absorb liquid.
- (transitive) To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface; generally with out.
- dry (ink) with blotting paper
- make a spot or mark onto
noun
- A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance.
- (by extension) A stain on someone's reputation or character; a disgrace.
- (backgammon) An exposed piece in backgammon.
- (biochemistry) A method of transferring proteins, DNA or RNA, onto a carrier.
- a blemish made by dirt
- an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
verb
- (transitive) To cover with cloud; to overshadow; to darken.
- (transitive, bookbinding) To fasten (sheets) by overcast stitching or by folding one edge over another.
- (transitive) To make gloomy; to depress.
- make overcast or cloudy
- sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches
- sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next
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noun
- (mining) A place where one roadway crosses another, specifically where an airway was built across the top of another airway for ventilation purposes.
- A cloud covering all of the sky from horizon to horizon.
- a cast that falls beyond the intended spot
- the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds
- a long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling
- gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover