mist

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 mist (=covered in mist) .

2.) lost in the mists of time

if something such as a fact or secret is lost in the mists of time, no one remembers it because it happened so long ago

▪ The real reasons for the war are now lost in the mists of time.

3.) see sth through a mist of tears

literary to see something while you are crying

mist ²

mist² v

[T]

to cover something with very small drops of liquid in order to keep it wet

▪ The plant has to be misted every day.

mist over phr v

1.) if someone's eyes mist over, they become filled with tears

▪ His eyes misted over at the memory of his wife.

2.) to mist up

mist up phr v

if a piece of glass mists up, or if something mists it up, it becomes covered with very small drops of water so that you cannot see through it

mist sth<=>up

▪ I can't see where I'm going, with the windows all misted up like this.