# fogging

Pronunciation: say "FOG-ing" US /ˈfɑɡɪŋ/, UK /ˈfɒɡɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of fog. — present participle and gerund of fog
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of fog. Use it after is, was or keep, or as a noun for the action.
   - _The windshield was fogging over faster than the defroster could clear it._
   - _Fogging the issue with jargon will not help the committee reach a decision._

## Noun

2. The act or process of blurring something or making it foggy.
   - Simple: The act of making something blurry or misty, so it is hard to see through.
   - _An anti-fog coating reduces fogging of the goggles in cold water._
   - _Light leaking into the old camera caused fogging on several frames of the film._
3. The release of insecticide into a forest canopy as a way of collecting the organisms that live in it.
   - Simple: Spraying insect poison into the tops of forest trees to collect the small creatures living there.
   - _Canopy fogging at dawn yielded thousands of beetles, many of them new to the survey._
   - _Each fogging covered a single tree, and the falling insects were caught on trays spread beneath it._

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