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noun ADJ. dense, heavy, thick A heavy mist rolled over the fields. | faint, fine, light, slight, thin | dark, grey, red, white There was a red mist in front of his eyes. | dawn, evening, morning an early morning mist | autumn | sea VERB + MIST be cloaked in, be covered in, be shrouded in, be wreathed in The harbour was covered in a thick mist. | disappear into, vanish in/into The little town had vanished in the mist. | emerge from, loom out of A large figure loomed out of the mist. | break through, shine through Soon the sun would break through the mist. | peer into/through | be lost in (figurative) The origins of Morris dancing are lost in the mists of time. MIST + VERB hang, hover, lie A faint mist hung over the valley. | come down, descend When the mist comes down it comes quickly and covers everything. | clear, lift The mist had cleared by mid-morning. | drift, float, rise, roll, swirl A grey mist floated towards us. a swirling mist a thin mist rising from the river | cling to sth Early morning mist still clung to the hollows. | fill sth | cover sth, hide sth, obscure sth, shroud sth A white mist obscured the top of the hill. PREP. in/into the ~ It was hard to make out the path in the mist. | through the ~ The cottage was scarcely visible through the mist. PHRASES a curtain/veil of mist
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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mist ( sth ) over/up
2. If your eyes mist over/up, they fill with tears. , mist ( sth ) over/up
1. mainly UK If something that you can see through mists over/up, it becomes covered with a thin layer of liquid so that it is more difficult to see through
• Open the window when you have a shower to stop the mirror misting over.
• The steam from the kettle misted up her glasses.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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mist
verbs
be covered in mist
( also be shrouded in mist literary )
• The tops of the mountains were shrouded in mist.
a mist comes down/in
(= comes to a place )
• The mist came down like a curtain.
a mist rolls in
(= moves along to a place )
• A mist began to roll in off the sea.
the mist clears/lifts
(= goes away )
• The mountains suddenly appeared as the mist lifted.
mist swirls
(= moves in circles )
• The boat disappeared into the swirling mist.
a mist hangs/lies somewhere
(= stays in a place )
• A thick mist lay on the hills.
a mist drifts
(= moves slightly )
• A mist drifted over the marsh.
a mist rises
(= comes up from something such as water )
• I could see the mist rising from the river.
a mist obscures/hides something
(= covers something so that you cannot see it )
• Mist obscured the ships in the harbor.
disappear/vanish into the mist
(= stop being seen because of the mist )
• He passed me on the trail and disappeared into the mist.
appear out of the mist
( also emerge from the mist )
• Suddenly my commanding officer appeared out of the mist.
loom out of the mist
(= start being seen in a way that is not clear, because the mist still covers it slightly )
• Here and there trees loomed out of the mist.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + mist
a fine/light mist
• A fine mist began to settle on the water.
a thick/heavy mist
• Outside, a heavy mist obscured everything.
the morning/evening mist
• The sun broke through the morning mist.
autumn mist(s)
• The field looked magical in the autumn mist.
a sea mist
• Alice sailed into a small patch of sea mist.
phrases
a veil/curtain of mist
(= an amount of mist that prevents you seeing something clearly )
• We looked up, through the veil of mist, at the waterfall.
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