mist
31mist — {{11}}mist (n.) O.E. mist dimness (of eyesight), mist (earliest in compounds, such as misthleoðu misty cliffs, wælmist mist of death ), from P.Gmc. *mikhstaz (Cf. M.L.G. mist, Du. mist, Icelandic mistur, Norw., Swed. mist), perhaps from PIE… …
32mist — mist1 [mıst] n [: Old English;] 1.) [U and C] a light cloud low over the ground that makes it difficult for you to see very far →↑fog ▪ We could just see the outline of the house through the mist. ▪ Next morning, the whole town was shrouded in… …
33mist — [[t]mɪ̱st[/t]] mists, misting, misted 1) N VAR Mist consists of a large number of tiny drops of water in the air, which make it difficult to see very far. Thick mist made flying impossible... A bluish mist hung in the air... Mists and fog swirled …
34mist — mistless, adj. /mist/, n. 1. a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth s surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog. 2. a cloud of particles resembling this: She sprayed a… …
35mist — Uhiwai, noe, ohu, ehu, ehuehu (in approximate order of decreasing denseness). In songs, mist is associated with romance. Also: lelehuna, huna wai, kēhau, kī ohu ohu, pūnohu, uakea, aokū, awa, uahi wai; uaoa. ♦ Fine mist, lilinoe, kili ohu …
36Mist — Mịst der; (e)s; nur Sg; 1 eine Mischung aus Kot, Urin und Stroh, die man als Dünger verwendet || K : Mistgabel, Misthaufen 2 gespr pej; etwas, das sehr schlecht, dumm oder wertlos ist <Mist machen, erzählen, reden>: So ein Mist!; Diese… …
37mist — 1 noun 1 (C, U) a light cloud low over the ground that makes it difficult for you to see very far: We could just see the outline of the house through the mist. compare fog 1 (1) 2 (singular) air that is filled with very small drops of a… …
38mist — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Middle Dutch mist mist, Greek omichlē Date: before 12th century 1. water in the form of particles floating or falling in the atmosphere at or near the surface of the earth and… …
39mist — 1. noun /mɪst/ a) Water or other liquid finely suspended in air. It was difficult to see through the morning mist. b) A layer of fine droplets or particles. There was an oily mist on the lens. 2. verb /mɪst/ a) To form mist …
40mist — [OE] Mist is a member of quite a widespread Indo European family of ‘mist’ words. Dutch and Swedish share mist, and among the non Germanic languages Greek has omíkhlē, Lithuanian and Latvia migla, Serbo Croat màgla, Polish mgła, and Russian mgla …
