- mist
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ dense, heavy, thick▪
A heavy mist rolled over the fields.
▪ faint, fine, light, slight, thin▪ swirling▪ hazy▪ cold, cool▪ grey/gray, red, white▪There was a red mist in front of his eyes.
▪ dawn, evening, morning▪an early morning mist
▪ autumn (esp. BrE)▪ seaVERB + MIST▪ be covered in, be shrouded in▪The mountain was covered in a thick mist.
▪ disappear into, vanish in, vanish into▪The little town had vanished in the mist.
▪ emerge from, loom out of (esp. BrE)▪A figure emerged from the mist.
▪ break through, shine through▪Soon the sun would break through the mist.
▪ peer into, peer through▪ be lost in (figurative)▪The origins of language are lost in the mists of time.
MIST + VERB▪ cover sth, hang, hover, lie, surround sb/sth▪A faint mist hung over the valley.
▪ come down (esp. BrE), descend▪When the mist descends it comes quickly and covers everything.
▪ clear, lift▪The mist had cleared by mid-morning.
▪ drift, float, rise, roll, swirl▪A fine mist floated over the fields.
▪a swirling mist
▪a thin mist rising from the river
▪ cling to sth▪Early morning mist still clung to the hollows.
▪ fill sth▪ cover sth, hide sth, obscure sth, shroud sth▪A white mist obscured the top of the hill.
PREPOSITION▪ in the mist, into the mist▪It was hard to make out the path in the mist.
▪ through the mist▪The house was scarcely visible through the mist.
▪ mist over▪the mist over the lake
PHRASES▪ a curtain of mist, a veil of mist{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}verbMist is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑eye
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
