Definition of Fog

Fog

A second growth of grass; aftergrass.

Dead or decaying grass remaining on land through the winter; -- called also foggage.

To pasture cattle on the fog, or aftergrass, of; to eat off the fog from.

To practice in a small or mean way; to pettifog.

Watery vapor condensed in the lower part of the atmosphere and disturbing its transparency. It differs from cloud only in being near the ground, and from mist in not approaching so nearly to fine rain. See Cloud.

A state of mental confusion.

To envelop, as with fog; to befog; to overcast; to darken; to obscure.

To show indistinctly or become indistinct, as the picture on a negative sometimes does in the process of development.

Cloudiness or partial opacity of those parts of a developed film or a photograph which should be clear.

To render semiopaque or cloudy, as a negative film, by exposure to stray light, too long an exposure to the developer, etc.

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But we have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy.
Nancy Pelosi

The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure pure reasoning, and inhibit clarity. With a little practice, writing can be an intimidating and impenetrable fog!
Bill Watterson

Also, as I lay there thinking of my vision, I could see it all again and feel the meaning with a part of me like a strange power glowing in my body; but when the part of me that talks would try to make words for the meaning, it would be like fog and get away from me.
Black Elk

Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us.
Henri Matisse

The atmosphere of libraries, lecture rooms and laboratories is dangerous to those who shut themselves up in them too long. It separates us from reality like a fog.
Alexis Carrel

Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.
E. L. Doctorow

All action takes place, so to speak, in a kind of twilight, which like a fog or moonlight, often tends to make things seem grotesque and larger than they really are.
Karl Von Clausewitz

It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, warm fog.
Joseph Conrad

Technology is so much fun but we can drown in our technology. The fog of information can drive out knowledge.
Daniel J. Boorstin

That's the thing about depression: A human being can survive almost anything, as long as she sees the end in sight. But depression is so insidious, and it compounds daily, that it's impossible to ever see the end. The fog is like a cage without a key.
Elizabeth Wurtzel