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fog(3) (iou)



fog verb1. Infl. -gg-. L16.
[from FOG noun2.]
I. verb trans.
Surround or choke with fog; cover with fog or condensed vapour, steam or mist up. L16.
W. Barlow Somtimes by clouds it [the sun] is enueloped, and by mists fogged. A. Higgins Hot steam drifted about her, fogging up the window.
Put in a mental fog; bemuse, perplex. Also, make (an idea) confused. E19.
R. Macaulay This reply had..so fogged the poor reporter's mind that he had written no more.
Photography. Affect with an obscuring deposit of silver, make cloudy. M19.
verb trans. Treat with something in the form of a spray, esp. an insecticide. Chiefly as fogging verbal noun. M20.
II. verb intrans.
Horticulture. Of a plant: damp off. M19.
Become covered or filled with fog; become covered with condensed vapour, steam or mist up. L19.
T. O'Brien When his glasses fogged he did not bother to wipe them.
Place fog-signals on a railway line. Chiefly as fogging verbal noun. L19.