1. mist - Noun
2. mist - Verb
3. Mist - Proper noun
Visible watery vapor suspended in the atmosphere, at or near the surface of the earth; fog.
Coarse, watery vapor, floating or falling in visible particles, approaching the form of rain; as, Scotch mist.
Hence, anything which dims or darkens, and obscures or intercepts vision.
To cloud; to cover with mist; to dim.
To rain in very fine drops; as, it mists.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA feeling of sadness and longing That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles the rain. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
When I reached C Company lines, which were at the top of the hill, I paused and looked back at the camp, just coming into full view below me through the grey mist of early morning. Evelyn Waugh
Alas, how easily things go wrong! A sigh too much, a kiss too long And there follows a mist and a weeping rain And life is never the same again. George MacDonald
Fowls will not spare a cockroach that falls in their mist. Nigerian Proverb
Plenty is like the mist. Tswana Proverb
The mist and the sun are together. Xhosa Proverb