Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To remove condensed water vapor from.

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  • verb to remove the moisture or fog from.
  • verb informal to make intelligible.

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  • verb free from mist

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Examples

  • Without such control, drivers may not be able to defog or defrost the vehicles' windshields.

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  • Yes, they have heaters behind the mirrors that perfectly defog it in key spots.

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  • Burton turned on the wipers and pressed the defog button.

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  • Especially troublesome when trying to defog the windshield on rainy or humid days in the 70s.

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  • Bangalore: Beginning today, DNA will interact every week with experts on traffic, crime, and law and order issues to defog citizens 'concerns.

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  • Using phonics to help pupils learn to read century class needs to get out into the 'real world', roll down its glasses and defog them of media saturation if it is to have any real redeeming ...

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  • You also need defog for the place, or so the game says.

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  • Factory backlight, rear defog, recirc, AC ON, and dial indicators are changed to red or blue LEDs

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  • Color effects include defog, which mimics the use of a CPL filter, and sketch, which gives video a pencil drawing feel.

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  • Math and science night adds up to fun, education at Woods Cross century class needs to get out into the 'real world', roll down its glasses and defog them of media saturation if it is to have any real redeeming ...

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