noun
    
    plural mists
    
    water in the form of very small drops floating in the air or falling as rain [noncount]
    
    
    
    
    
    [count] :a stream of liquid in the form of very small drops :a fine spray
    
    
    
    [count] :something that makes understanding difficult
    
    
    
    lost in the mists of time
    
    Something lost in the mists of time is forgotten because it happened long ago.
    
    
    
    verb
    
    mists; misted; misting
    
    [no obj]
    
    to become covered with very small drops of water - usually + up
    
    
    
    b of a person's eyes :to fill with tears
    
    
    
    usually + over or up
    
    
    
    [+ obj] to cover (something) with mist
    
    
    
    to spray (something) with very small drops of water
    
    
    
    [no obj] :to rain very lightly