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mist up

mist up verb: to become misty.

Verb

mist up (third-person singular simple present mists up, present participle misting up, simple past and past participle misted up)

  1. (intransitive) To become misty.
  2. (intransitive) To become coated with condensation; to fog up.
    • The bathroom mirror misted up when he opened the shower door.
  3. (figuratively, intransitive) To become teary.
    • Years later, the song we played at our wedding still made me mist up.

Forms of mist up

third-person singular presentmists up
present participlemisting up
past participlemisted up
pastmisted up

Questions about mist up

What does mist up mean?
Mist up means to become misty.
What part of speech is mist up?
Mist up is a verb.
What is the past tense of mist up?
The past tense of mist up is misted up.

Words near mist up in the dictionary

  1. mist frog
  2. mist frogs
  3. mist net
  4. mist nets
  5. mist over
  6. mist up
  7. mist-belt
  8. mist-belts
  9. mist-pond
  10. mist-ponds
  11. mistabulate

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