defog


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de·fog

 (dē-fôg′, -fŏg′)
tr.v. de·fogged, de·fog·ging, de·fogs
To remove condensed water vapor from: defog a windshield.

de·fog′ger n.
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defog

(diːˈfɒɡ)
vb (tr)
to clear (something) of fog or vapour
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de•fog

(diˈfɒg, -ˈfɔg)

v.t. -fogged, -fog•ging.
to remove the fog or moisture from (a window, mirror, etc.).
[1900–05]
de•fog′ger, n.
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defog


Past participle: defogged
Gerund: defogging

Imperative
defog
defog
Present
I defog
you defog
he/she/it defogs
we defog
you defog
they defog
Preterite
I defogged
you defogged
he/she/it defogged
we defogged
you defogged
they defogged
Present Continuous
I am defogging
you are defogging
he/she/it is defogging
we are defogging
you are defogging
they are defogging
Present Perfect
I have defogged
you have defogged
he/she/it has defogged
we have defogged
you have defogged
they have defogged
Past Continuous
I was defogging
you were defogging
he/she/it was defogging
we were defogging
you were defogging
they were defogging
Past Perfect
I had defogged
you had defogged
he/she/it had defogged
we had defogged
you had defogged
they had defogged
Future
I will defog
you will defog
he/she/it will defog
we will defog
you will defog
they will defog
Future Perfect
I will have defogged
you will have defogged
he/she/it will have defogged
we will have defogged
you will have defogged
they will have defogged
Future Continuous
I will be defogging
you will be defogging
he/she/it will be defogging
we will be defogging
you will be defogging
they will be defogging
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been defogging
you have been defogging
he/she/it has been defogging
we have been defogging
you have been defogging
they have been defogging
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been defogging
you will have been defogging
he/she/it will have been defogging
we will have been defogging
you will have been defogging
they will have been defogging
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been defogging
you had been defogging
he/she/it had been defogging
we had been defogging
you had been defogging
they had been defogging
Conditional
I would defog
you would defog
he/she/it would defog
we would defog
you would defog
they would defog
Past Conditional
I would have defogged
you would have defogged
he/she/it would have defogged
we would have defogged
you would have defogged
they would have defogged
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.defog - free from mist; "demist the car windows"
alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
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Translations

defog

[diːˈfɒg] VTdesempañar
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defog

nt windscreenfrei machen
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defog

[diːˈfɒg] vt (Am) (Aut) → sbrinare
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