mist
become covered with mist
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,615 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,403 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- become covered with mist also: mist over The windshield misted over
- make less visible or unclear also: obscure, befog, becloud, obnubilate, haze over, fog The stars are obscured by the cloudsthe big elm tree obscures our view of the valley
- spray finely or cover with mist
noun
- a thin fog with condensation near the ground
mist in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Up little Jason went through breaking mist and flashing dew.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1
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Above, in summertime, rises and falls constantly a black mist resembling shifting cloud smoke.
The Eternal Maiden · T. Everett (Thomas Everett) Harré · Chapter 1
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Lower and lower sank the sun; it grew cold, and a blue mist fell.
The Firelight Fairy Book · Henry Beston · Chapter 1
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He put his money into a pair of red curtains, and one excellent photogravure of Landseer's "Children of the Mist."
The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1
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Seen thus, from the pure and frosty darkness in which he stood, it seemed to be seething in a mist of heat.
Ethan Frome · Edith Wharton · Chapter 1