<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.</li><li>a cloud of particles resembling this: She sprayed a mist of perfume onto her handkerchief.</li><li>something that dims, obscures, or blurs: the mist of ignorance.</li><li>a haze before the eyes that dims the vision: a mist of tears.</li><li>a suspension of a liquid in a gas.</li><li>a drink of liquor served over cracked ice.</li><li>a fine spray produced by a vaporizer to add moisture to the air for breathing.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to become misty.</li><li>to rain in very fine drops; drizzle (usually used impersonally with it as subject): It was misting when they went out for lunch.</li><li>to make misty.</li><li>to spray (plants) with a finely diffused jet of water, as a means of replacing lost moisture.</li></ul>