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Definition of Haze over
1. Verb. Make less visible or unclear. "The big elm tree obscures our view of the valley"
Generic synonyms: Conceal, Hide
Specialized synonyms: Overshadow
Derivative terms: Fog, Fog
Definition of Haze over
1. Verb. To become covered in haze. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Haze Over
Literary usage of Haze over
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers by Henry David Thoreau (1873)
"The river has done its stint, and appears not to flow, but lie at its length
reflecting the light, and the haze over the woods is like the inaudible panting ..."
2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society by Royal Astronomical Society (1890)
"... to improve from its proximity to the Moon's limb, and presented that sharpness
often incident on the passage of a light cloud or haze over the planet. ..."
3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1883)
"haze over plains more than yesterday, but no increase up here. ... haze over
plains rather increased since yesterday ; haze is not visible overhead. ..."
4. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1900)
"... but the critics seem to delight in cutting up these books into fragments and
throwing a haze over the subject of their authorship; very much as former ..."
5. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1919)
"A region of luminous haze over the handle of the Dipper in the northwest.
There seems to have been a great deal of it on this night. iih 25°": Luminous haze ..."
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