FOG


Meaning of FOG in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ dense , heavy , thick

▪ freezing ( BrE )

▪ patchy

Drizzle and patchy ~ are forecast.

▪ swirling

▪ morning

… OF FOG

▪ bank , blanket , layer , patch

The town was shrouded in a thick blanket of ~.

VERB + FOG

▪ be covered with , be shrouded in

FOG + VERB

▪ cover sth , envelop sth , lie , shroud sth , surround sth

A freezing ~ lay over the valley.

▪ close in , come down ( esp. BrE ), descend , roll in

A dense ~ came down in the afternoon.

A heavy ~ rolled in from the coast.

▪ thicken

▪ clear , disperse , lift

The ~ had lifted by late morning.

▪ drift , swirl

~ drifting over the water

▪ obscure sth

A bank of ~ obscured the farmhouse.

FOG + NOUN

▪ patches ( esp. BrE )

▪ bank ( esp. AmE )

▪ lamp ( BrE ), light (= on cars)

▪ horn (usually foghorn )

PREPOSITION

▪ in (a/the) ~ , into (a/the) ~

We got lost in the ~.

▪ through (a/the) ~

We drove slowly through the ~.

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