Mist vs Mrs - What's the difference?
mist | mrs |
(uncountable) Water or other liquid finely suspended in air.
(countable) A layer of fine droplets or particles.
(figurative) Anything that dims or darkens, and obscures or intercepts vision.
* Dryden
To form mist.
To spray fine droplets on, particularly of water.
To cover with a mist.
(of the eyes) To be covered by tears.
(UK) A title used before an adult female's name or surname. Traditionally reserved for married individuals and used with the married surname.
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(wikipedia mist)Noun
- It was difficult to see through the morning mist .
- There was an oily mist on the lens .
- His passion cast a mist before his sense.
Derived terms
* misty * mists of time * red mistVerb
(en verb)- It's misting this morning.
- I mist my tropical plants every morning.
- The lens was misted .
- (Shakespeare)
- My eyes misted when I remembered what had happened.
Derived terms
* mist overAnagrams
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Abbreviation
(Mmes)- Mrs Malaprop said, “He’s as headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile.”
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