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DEFOG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does defog mean? 

DEFOG (verb)
  The verb DEFOG has 1 sense:

1. free from mistplay

  Familiarity information: DEFOG used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DEFOG (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they defog  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it defogs  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: defogged  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: defogged  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: defogging  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Free from mist

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

defog; demist

Context example:

demist the car windows

Hypernyms (to "defog" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

"Defog" entails doing...:

heat; heat up (make hot or hotter)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something


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