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MIST OVER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mist over mean?
• MIST OVER (verb)
The verb MIST OVER has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: MIST OVER used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Become covered with mist
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
mist; mist over
Context example:
The windshield misted over
Hypernyms (to "mist over" is one way to...):
cover; spread over (form a cover over)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Context examples
It was a gloomy prospect, and all she could do was to throw a mist over it, and hope when the mist cleared away she should see something else.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
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