Fog vs. Cat

(uncountable) A thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud.

(uncountable) A mist or film clouding a surface.

A state of mind characterized by lethargy and confusion.

Example: ‘He did so many drugs, he was still in a fog three months after going through detox.’;

(photography) A silver deposit or other blur on a negative or developed photographic image.

(computer graphics) Distance fog.

A new growth of grass appearing on a field that has been mowed or grazed.

Tall and decaying grass left standing after the cutting or grazing season; foggage.

(Scotland) Moss.

(intransitive) To become covered with or as if with fog.

(intransitive) To become obscured in condensation or water.

Example: ‘The mirror fogged every time he showered.’;

To become dim or obscure.

(transitive) To cover with or as if with fog.

(transitive) To disperse insecticide into (a forest canopy) so as to collect organisms.

(transitive) To obscure in condensation or water.

(transitive) To make confusing or obscure.

To make dim or obscure.

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

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

(intransitive) To become covered with the kind of grass called fog.

A second growth of grass; aftergrass.

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.

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

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.

Example: ‘Where wouldst thou fog to get a fee?’;

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

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

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

droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground

an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance

confusion characterized by lack of clarity

make less visible or unclear;

Example: ‘The stars are obscured by the clouds’;

a thick cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface which obscures or restricts visibility (to a greater extent than mist; strictly, reducing visibility to below 1 km)

Example: ‘the collision occurred in thick fog’;

an opaque mass of particles in the air

Example: ‘a whirling fog of dust’;

cloudiness which obscures the image on a developed negative or print.

a state or cause of perplexity or confusion

Example: ‘the coffee helped clear the fog in my brain’;

the grass which grows in a field after a crop of hay has been taken.

long grass left standing in a pasture and used as winter grazing.

(with reference to a glass surface) cover or become covered with steam

Example: ‘the windscreen was starting to fog up’; ‘hot steam drifted about her, fogging up the window’;

make (a film, negative, or print) obscure or cloudy.

bewilder or puzzle

Example: ‘she stared at him, confusion fogging her brain’;

make (an idea or situation) difficult to understand

Example: ‘the government has been fogging the issue’;

spray with an insecticide.

Fog is a visible aerosol consisting of tiny water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air at or near the Earth's surface. Fog can be considered a type of low-lying cloud usually resembling stratus, and is heavily influenced by nearby bodies of water, topography, and wind conditions.

An animal of the family Felidae:

A domesticated subspecies (Felis silvestris catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet.

Any similar animal of the family Felidae, which includes lions, tigers, bobcats, etc.

A person:

(offensive) A spiteful or angry woman.

An enthusiast or player of jazz.

(slang) A person (usually male).

(slang) A prostitute.

(nautical) A strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship.

Short form of cat-o'-nine-tails.

(archaic) A sturdy merchant sailing vessel now only in "catboat".

The game of "trap and ball" (also called "cat and dog").

The trap of the game of "trap and ball".

(archaic) The pointed piece of wood that is struck in the game of tipcat.

A vagina, a vulva; the female external genitalia.

A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.) with six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position it is placed.

A catamaran.

(computing) A program and command in Unix that reads one or more files and directs their content to the standard output.

(slang) A street name of the drug methcathinone.

A catapult.

Example: ‘a carrier's bow cats’;

A catfish.

(slang) Any of a variety of earth-moving machines. (from their manufacturer Caterpillar Inc.)

A caterpillar drive vehicle (a ground vehicle which uses caterpillar tracks), especially tractors, trucks, minibuses, and snow groomers.

To hoist (the anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead.

To flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails.

(slang) To vomit something.

To apply the cat command to (one or more files).

To dump large amounts of data on (an unprepared target) usually with no intention of browsing it carefully.

Terrible, disastrous.

Example: ‘The weather was cat, so they returned home early.’;

Any animal belonging to the natural family Felidae, and in particular to the various species of the genera Felis, Panthera, and Lynx. The domestic cat is Felis domestica. The European wild cat (Felis catus) is much larger than the domestic cat. In the United States the name wild cat is commonly applied to the bay lynx (Lynx rufus). The larger felines, such as the lion, tiger, leopard, and cougar, are often referred to as cats, and sometimes as big cats. See Wild cat, and Tiger cat.

Example: ‘Laying aside their often rancorous debate over how best to preserve the Florida panther, state and federal wildlife officials, environmentalists, and independent scientists endorsed the proposal, and in 1995 the eight cats [female Texas cougars] were brought from Texas and released. . . . Uprooted from the arid hills of West Texas, three of the imports have died, but the remaining five adapted to swamp life and have each given birth to at least one litter of kittens.’;

A strong vessel with a narrow stern, projecting quarters, and deep waist. It is employed in the coal and timber trade.

A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.), having six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position it is placed.

An old game;

same as cat o' nine tails; as, British sailors feared the cat.

A catamaran.

To bring to the cathead; as, to cat an anchor. See Anchor.

feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar; domestic cats; wildcats

an informal term for a youth or man;

Example: ‘a nice guy’; ‘the guy's only doing it for some doll’;

a spiteful woman gossip;

Example: ‘what a cat she is!’;

the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant;

Example: ‘in Yemen kat is used daily by 85% of adults’;

a whip with nine knotted cords;

Example: ‘British sailors feared the cat’;

a large vehicle that is driven by caterpillar tracks; frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work

any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild

a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans along a single axis

beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails

eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth;

Example: ‘After drinking too much, the students vomited’; ‘He purged continuously’; ‘The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night’;

The cat (Felis catus) is a domestic species of small carnivorous mammal. It is the only domesticated species in the family Felidae and is often referred to as the domestic cat to distinguish it from the wild members of the family.