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DEMIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does demist mean? 

DEMIST (verb)
  The verb DEMIST has 1 sense:

1. free from mistplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


DEMIST (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they demist  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it demists  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: demisted  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: demisted  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: demisting  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 "demist" is one way to...):

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

"Demist" entails doing...:

heat; heat up (make hot or hotter)

Sentence frames:

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

Derivation:

demister (heater that removes mist from the windshield of a car)


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