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DEMIST
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they demist ... he / she / it demists
Past simple: demisted
Past participle: demisted
-ing form: demisting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Free from mist
Example:
demist the car windows
Synonyms:
defog; demist
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "demist" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
"Demist" entails doing...:
heat; heat up (make hot or hotter)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
demister (heater that removes mist from the windshield of a car)
