mists

noun

(countable, uncountable) Water or other liquid finely suspended in air. (Compare fog, haze.)

(countable) A layer of fine droplets or particles.

(figurative) Anything that dims, darkens, or hinders vision.

(economics) Acronym of Mexico, Indonesia, South Korea, Turkey. [A country in North America, located south of the United States, and northwest of Guatemala and Belize from Central America. Official name: United Mexican States.]

verb

(intransitive) To form mist.

(transitive) To spray fine droplets on, particularly of water.

(intransitive) To rain in very fine droplets.

(transitive) To cover with a mist.

(transitive, of the eyes) To be covered by tears.

(printing, of ink) To disperse into a mist, accompanying operation of equipment at high speeds.

Alternative form of MST (to mock a work by inserting annotations) [(fandom slang, dated, transitive) To mock a work (typically a fanfic) by inserting satirical commentary.]

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