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# mist

«mist» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Lots of tiny drops of water in the air close to the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (mist, mists); verb (mist, mists, misted, misting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Lots of tiny drops of water in the air close to the ground, making it hard to see far; a thin kind of fog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mist/#m1)

2) A fine spray of liquid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mist/#m2)

3) (verb) To cover something with tiny drops: «the mirror misted up». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mist/#m3)

4) (verb) If your eyes mist, tears come. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mist/#m4)

5) A feeling of confusion or dizziness, as if your thoughts are clouded. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mist/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Creation story a mist goes up from the earth and waters the ground before there is rain or man. Interpretation: The rabbis said the mist was a sign of the rain that would come, and that the ground was watered when man prayed. In the primary lessons: In science, mist forms when warm, damp air cools and water vapour condenses into tiny droplets. In safety, mist on roads or hills makes it hard to see; walkers and drivers must slow down. In stories, mist makes places mysterious. Phrases: «morning mist», «mist up», «a mist of rain».

### examples

- but there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. (Torah GEN.2.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mist/#x1)
- The hills were covered in mist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mist/#x2)
- The bathroom mirror misted up after my shower. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mist/#x3)
- Drive slowly in thick mist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mist/#x4)
- The morning mist cleared when the sun came out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mist/#x5)
- Mum sprays a fine mist of water on the plants. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mist/#x6)
- Her eyes misted with tears. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mist/#x7)
- As he looked a mist came over his senses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mist/#x8)

### note

Mist is thinner than fog: in mist you can see further. Homophone: «missed» (past of «miss») — «I missed the bus in the mist.»

### In the corpora

- [but there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.39/)
- [Whales breathe through a blowhole on top of the head, and the spout is warm wet breath forming a cloud of mist.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/26-whales/7/)
- [Breathe on a cold window and the mist shows that the air you breathe out is warm and wet from inside you.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/66-lungs-and-breathing/3/)
- [Breathed-out air is warm and full of water vapour, which turns into tiny droplets of mist on cold glass.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/66-lungs-and-breathing/7/)
- [When researchers sprayed a harmless mist into single canopy trees, beetles of hundreds of kinds fell out, many never named.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/156-the-amazon-canopy/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «mist» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mist/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.