fog

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fɒɡ/
• (US) often IPA^(key): /fɑɡ/

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• Rhymes: -ɒɡ

Origin uncertain; but probably of North Germanic origin, from Danish fog (“spray, shower, drift, storm”), related to Icelandic fok (“spray, any light thing tossed by the wind, snowdrift”), Icelandic fjúka (“to blow, drive”), from Proto-Germanic *feukaną (“to whisk, blow”), from Proto-Indo-European *pug- (“billow, bulge, drift”), from *pew-, *pow- (“to blow, drift, billow”). Related to German fauchen (“to hiss”).

fog (countable and uncountable, plural fogs)

1. (uncountable) A thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud.
   • 1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, OCLC 7780546; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., 55 Fifth Avenue, [1933], OCLC 2666860, page 0016:

     Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; […].

2. (uncountable) A mist or film clouding a surface.
3. A state of mind characterized by lethargy and confusion.

   He did so many drugs, he was still in a fog three months after going through detox.

   • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 4, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:

     I was on my way to the door, but all at once, through the fog in my head, I began to sight one reef that I hadn't paid any attention to afore.

4. (photography) A silver deposit or other blur on a negative or developed photographic image.
5. (computer graphics) Distance fog.

• To count sense thick cloud, bank of fog is usually used.
• To count sense clouding a surface, foggy patch is usually used.

• (cloud that forms at a low altitude and obscures vision): mist, haze
• (mist or film clouding a surface): steam
• (state of mind characterized by lethargy and confusion): daze, haze

fog (third-person singular simple present fogs, present participle fogging, simple past and past participle fogged)

1. (intransitive) To become covered with or as if with fog.
2. (intransitive) To become obscured in condensation or water.

   The mirror fogged every time he showered.

3. (intransitive, photography) To become dim or obscure.
4. (transitive) To cover with or as if with fog.
   • 1968, Eighth Annual Report, Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg, p 7:

     Fogging for adult mosquito control began on June 4th in residential areas. Until September 25th, the Metro area was fogged eleven times, using nine truck-mounted foggers, eight hand swing foggers, and two boats.

5. (transitive) To disperse insecticide into (a forest canopy) so as to collect organisms.
6. (transitive) To obscure in condensation or water.
   • 2008, United States Congress, House Committee on Financial Services. Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity - Foreclosure, Foreclosure Prevention and Intervention: The Importance of Loss Mitigation, page 46:

     Unfortunately, the pendulum has swung way too far to the other end where the saying in the industry is is that if you could fog a mirror, you could get a loan.

7. (transitive) To make confusing or obscure.
8. (transitive, photography) To make dim or obscure.
9. To practice in a small or mean way; to pettifog.
   • John Dryden

     Where wouldst thou fog to get a fee?

• (to become obscured in condensation or water): become cloudy, become steamy
• (to make confusing or obscure): blur, cloud, obscure

Origin uncertain. Compare Scots fog (“moss; lichen”), Norwegian fogg.

fog (uncountable)

1. A new growth of grass appearing on a field that has been mowed or grazed.
2. (Britain, dialectal) Tall and decaying grass left standing after the cutting or grazing season; foggage.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

3. (Scotland) Moss.

fog (third-person singular simple present fogs, present participle fogging, simple past and past participle fogged)

1. (transitive) To pasture cattle on the fog, or aftergrass, of; to eat off the fog from.
2. (intransitive) To become covered with the kind of grass called fog.

• fog in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• fog in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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From Proto-Uralic *piŋe (“tooth”). Cognates include Mansi пуӈк (puŋk), Finnish pii.

fog (plural fogak)

1. (anatomy) tooth

   Ez a fog lyukas. ― This tooth has a cavity.

2. tooth, cog

   Egy átlagos hegyikerékpár hátsó fogaskerekein rendre 11, 13, 15, 18, 21, 24, 34 fog van.

   There are 11, 13, 15, 18, 21, 24 and 34 teeth on a standard mountain bike's rear sprockets.

3. tooth (a sharp projection on a saw or similar implement)

   A fűrész egyik foga hiányzik. ― One of the saw’s teeth is missing.

From Proto-Ugric *puŋɜ- (“to grasp, catch”). Cognates include Mansi пуви (puwi, puγi, puw-, puγ-).[1][2]

fog

1. (transitive) to hold (to keep in one's hands)
   • 1983, Mihály Padisák, chapter I, in Gyalog Juli‎:

     Valaki ült is mellette, fogta a kezét, de az arcát valahogy nem látta.

     Somebody was sitting next to her, held her hand, but somehow she couldn't see his face.

2. (transitive) to take (to get into one's hands)
   • 1885, Mór Jókai, chapter XXIII, in A lőcsei fehér asszony:

     Itt van, fogd ezt a levelet; és aztán olvasd el, mikor egyedül leszesz.

     Here, take this letter; read it when you'll be alone.

3. (transitive) to catch, to capture (to seize by force, especially to trap an animal)
   • 1969, Tekla Dömötör (editor), “Történetek a ravasz nyulacskáról”, in A mesemondó szikla‎:

     Mikor eljött az ebédidő, medve koma úgy látta, hogy elég halat fogott, s elhatározta, hogy hazamegy.

     When lunchtime came, uncle bear found that he had caught enough fish and decided to go home.

4. (transitive, broadcasting) to receive (to detect a signal from a transmitter)
   • 1996, István Kamarás; István Péter Németh, “Világverseny a berekben”, in Origósdi‎:

     Egyébként egészen jól lehetett fogni az adást.

     As a matter of fact, I received the broadcast quite clearly.

5. (transitive, by extension, slang) to listen to, to hear, to understand (to pay attention to someone)
   • 2007, Csilla Tóth, chapter 4, in Körbe ég‎:

     Fogod, amit mondok? Észnél vagy?

     Do you hear what I'm sayin'? Are you out of your mind?

6. (transitive, intransitive followed by rajta) to affect, to harm (to have an effect on, especially detrimentally)
   • 1971, Ervin Lázár, chapter 3, in A fehér tigris‎:

     Valaki azt is mondta, hogy le akarták lőni, de nem fogja a golyó.

     Someone even said that they had wanted to shoot it, but bullets wouldn't harm it.

7. (intransitive) to write (of a pen, to leave a mark)
   • 2009, Attila Salga, “A félresikerült randi”, in Mi lenne velem nélkülem?‎:

     Olyan furcsa volt, ahogyan felírta a rendelést: nem fogott a tolla, és elkezdte rázni.

     It was strange, the way she took the order: her pen wouldn't write, and she started shaking it.

8. (intransitive) to transfer (of ink or dye, to leave a stain upon contact)
   • 1980, Károly Gombos, “Régi kaukázusi azerbajdzsán szőnyegek”, in Művészettörténeti Értesítő‎, volume 29, number 1:

     A rossz festékekkel megfestett újabb szőnyegeken a kék színek fognak, mosás közben kék színt eresztenek [...]

     In newer carpets dyed with poor dyes, the blue colors transfer, they bleed blue color when being washed [...]

9. (transitive, ball games) to mark (to follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending)
   • 1960, György Cseuz, “Csak a Csepel Autó nyert”, in Pest Megyei Hírlap‎, volume 4, number 139:

     Csikós I nem fogta a balösszekötőt, az kiugrott és gólt lőtt.

     Csikós I didn't mark the inside left, who sprang forward and scored a goal.

10. (auxiliary with a verb in the infinitive) will, going to (used to form the future tense)
    • 1924, Margarete Böhme; Elza Pogány (translator), Egy mozgalmas élet története‎:

      Most azonban jó lesz sietve hazamenni, mert mindjárt esni fog.

      But now we'd better go home quickly, because it's going to rain soon.

11. (reflexive followed by és) to up and (to do something abruptly or unexpectedly)
    • 2004, Csaba Fecske, “A rokonok”, in Csalapinta villanytörpék‎:

      Fogta magát és szó nélkül berohant a szobájába.

      He just up and ran off into his room without a word.

fog n (not commonly inflected)

1. Valid cause, valid reason.

   Hon har fog för sin oro.

   "She has reason to be worried."

2. (dated) Appropriate manner to proceed.

• befogad
• ofog

fog c

1. joint, seam

   Fogarna mellan kakelplattorna hade blivit missfärgade med åren.

   "The joints between the glazed tiles had become discoloured with the years."

• foga
• fogsvans
• fogmassa
• knaka i fogarna

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