fog vs sprinkler

fog

noun
  • A mist or film clouding a surface. 

  • A silver deposit or other blur on a negative or developed photographic image. 

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

  • Distance fog. 

  • A state of mind characterized by lethargy and confusion. 

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

  • A thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud. (Compare mist, haze.) 

  • Moss. 

verb
  • To become obscured in condensation or water. 

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

  • To cover with or as if with fog. 

  • To obscure in condensation or water. 

  • To make dim or obscure. 

  • To spoil (film) via exposure to light other than in the normal process of taking a photograph. 

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

  • To become dim or obscure. 

  • To make confusing or obscure. 

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

  • To become covered with or as if with fog. 

  • To become covered with the kind of grass called fog. 

sprinkler

noun
  • An irrigation device that sprays water into the air whilst moving back and forth. 

  • A dance move in which the dancer places one hand on the head behind the ear, with elbow bent, stretches the other arm forwards and mimics the motions of an irrigation sprinkler with a rotary head. 

  • Anything that sprinkles. 

  • A heat-activated device that sprays water in the event of a fire, usually mounted on a ceiling. 

verb
  • To fit with automatic sprinklers for fire prevention. 

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