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noun ADJ. dense, heavy, thick | freezing | patchy Drizzle and patchy fog are forecast. | swirling QUANT. bank, blanket, patch The town was shrouded in a thick blanket of fog. VERB + FOG be shrouded in FOG + VERB cover sth, lie, shroud sth A freezing fog lay over the valley. | close in, come down, descend, roll in A dense fog came down in the afternoon. A heavy fog rolled in from the sea. | clear, disperse, lift The fog had lifted by late morning. | drift, swirl fog drifting over the water | obscure sth A bank of fog obscured the farmhouse. FOG + NOUN patches PREP. in/into (a/the) ~ We got lost in the fog. | through (a/the) ~ We drove slowly through the fog.
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fog
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + fog
thick/dense/heavy fog
(= great in amount and difficult to see through )
• The two lorries collided in heavy fog.
freezing fog
• Flights were cancelled due to freezing fog.
swirling fog
(= which blows around )
• She could not see through the swirling fog.
patchy fog
(= in some areas but not in others )
• Mist and patchy fog will form tonight.
hill/sea/ground fog
• Rain was forecast, along with hill fog.
verbs
be covered in fog
• The mountains were covered in fog.
be shrouded in fog
literary
• The streets of London were shrouded in fog.
the fog comes down
( also the fog descends literary ) (= it appears )
• Day after day the fog came down.
the fog rolls in
(= it arrives from the mountains, the sea etc )
• The fog rolled in from the ocean.
the fog lifts
(= it disappears )
• He sat and waited for the fog to lift.
phrases
a blanket of fog
(= a large area of fog )
• A blanket of fog lay over the town.
a bank of fog
( also a fog bank ) (= a large mass of fog )
• As we approached the coast, we ran into a dense bank of fog.
patches of fog
(= fog that forms in some places but not in others )
• Patches of fog are expected later today.
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