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fogging up

fogging up is the present participle and gerund of fog up.

Meaning of fog up

Verb

fog up (third-person singular simple present fogs up, present participle fogging up, simple past and past participle fogged up)

  1. (ambitransitive) To coat, or become coated, with condensation. To steam up.
    • My glasses fogged up when he opened the shower door.
  2. (slang, transitive) To get (someone) drunk.
  3. (slang, transitive) To confuse (somebody).

Questions about fogging up

What is fogging up the present participle and gerund of?
Fogging up is the present participle and gerund of fog up.

Words near fogging up in the dictionary

  1. fogginess
  2. fogginesses
  3. fogging
  4. fogging a mirror
  5. fogging out
  6. fogging up
  7. foggings
  8. foggish
  9. foggite
  10. foggy
  11. Foggy Bottom

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