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fog | hat |

As nouns the difference between fog and hat

is that fog is (label) a thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud or fog can be a new growth of grass appearing on a field that has been mowed or grazed while hat is a covering for the head, often in the approximate form of a cone or a cylinder closed at its top end, and sometimes having a brim and other decoration.

As a verb fog

is to become covered with or as if with fog or fog can be to pasture cattle on the fog, or aftergrass, of; to eat off the fog from.

fog

English

(wikipedia fog)

Etymology 1

Origin uncertain; perhaps a or perhaps related to the Dutch vocht and German feucht (moisture)

Noun

  • (label) A thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud.
  • *
  • *: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;.
  • (label) A mist or film clouding a surface.
  • A state of mind characterized by lethargy and confusion.
  • :
  • *, chapter=4
  • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=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.}}
  • (label) A silver deposit or other blur on a negative or developed photographic image.
  • Usage notes
    * To count sense thick cloud , bank of fog is usually used. * To count sense clouding a surface , foggy patch is usually used.
    Synonyms
    * (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
    Derived terms
    * fog bank * fogbell * fogbound * foggy * foghorn * fog lamp * fog layer * fog light * fog of war * fog signal * in a fog * fog drip

    Verb

    (fogg)
  • To become covered with or as if with fog.
  • To become obscured in condensation or water.
  • The mirror fogged every time he showered.
  • (photography) To become dim or obscure.
  • 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.
  • To obscure in condensation or water.
  • *
  • To make confusing or obscure.
  • (photography) To make dim or obscure.
  • To practice in a small or mean way; to pettifog.
  • * Dryden
  • Where wouldst thou fog to get a fee?
    Synonyms
    * (to become obscured in condensation or water) become cloudy, become steamy * (to make confusing or obscure) blur, cloud, obscure

    Etymology 2

    Origin uncertain; compare Norwegian fogg .

    Noun

    (-)
  • A new growth of grass appearing on a field that has been mowed or grazed.
  • (UK, dialect) Tall and decaying grass left standing after the cutting or grazing season; foggage.
  • (Halliwell)
  • (Scotland) Moss.
  • Derived terms
    * fogey * fogram * fogrum * fogy

    Verb

    (fogg)
  • To pasture cattle on the fog, or aftergrass, of; to eat off the fog from.
  • References

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    hat

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A covering for the head, often in the approximate form of a cone or a cylinder closed at its top end, and sometimes having a brim and other decoration.
  • *
  • *:There was a neat hat -and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
  • (lb) A particular role or capacity that a person might fill.
  • *1993 , Susan Loesser, A Most Remarkable Fella: Frank Loesser and the Guys and Dolls in His Life: A Portrait by His Daughter , Hal Leonard Corporation (2000), ISBN 978-0-634-00927-3, p.121:
  • *:My mother was wearing several hats in the early fifties: hostess, scout, wife, and mother.
  • (lb) Any receptacle from which numbers/names are pulled out in a lottery.
  • # The lottery or draw itself.
  • #:
  • (lb) A hat switch.
  • *2002 , Ernest Pazera, Focus on SDL , p.139:
  • *:The third type of function allows you to check on the state of the joystick's buttons, axes, hats , and balls.
  • *1997 October 6th, “ Patricia V. Lehman]” (user name), [https://groups.google.com/group/rec.antiques/topics?hl=en rec.antiques] (Usenet newsgroup), “[https://groups.google.com/group/rec.antiques/browse_thread/thread/67b2bb8b89588055/8496fc478c032593?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=%22hat%22#8496fc478c032593 Re: Unusual Mark – made in Cechoslovakia]”, [https://groups.google.com/group/rec.antiques/msg/8496fc478c032593?hl=en&dmode=source&output=gplain Message ID: <34390399.BD7@umich.edu>#1/1
  • *:I’lll have to leave it up to antiques experts to tell you when objects were marked that way, but I can tell you it’s called a “hacek” (with the hat' over the “c” and pronounced “hacheck”.) It is used to show that a “c” is pronounced as “ch” and an “s” as “sh.” Sometimes linguists just call it the “' hat .”
  • Hyponyms
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    Derived terms

    {{der3, at the drop of a hat , bowler hat , brick in one's hat , hang one's hat on , hard hat , hatband , hatnote , hat parade , hatpin , hat trick , hatstand , hatter , home is where you hang your hat , put one's name in the hat , take one's hat off to , talk through one's hat , throw one's hat in the ring , pass the hat , under one's hat , wear too many hats , woolly hat}} (-)

    See also

    * take one's hat off to

    Anagrams

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