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Mire

Mire Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Mire? [n] a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot [v] soil with mud, muck, or mire; "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden" [v] be unable to move further; "The car bogged down in the sand" [v] cause to get stuck as if in a mire; "The mud mired our cart" [v] entrap; "Our people should not be mired in the past" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Mire: bog down \| entangle \| get stuck \| morass \| muck \| muck up \| mud \| quagmire Related Terms \| Find terms related to Mire: adhere \| baygall \| befoul \| begrime \| bemire \| bemud \| besmirch \| besmoke \| blacken \| bog \| bog down \| bottom \| bottomland \| bottoms \| buffalo wallow \| cesspool \| clay \| cleave \| cling \| cloaca \| cloaca maxima \| cohere \| decelerate \| defile \| detain \| dirt \| dirty \| dirty up \| drain \| dump \| dust \| embroil \| enmesh \| ensnare \| entangle \| entrap \| everglade \| fen \| fenland \| garbage dump \| glade \| glop \| grime \| gumbo \| gunk \| hog wallow \| holm \| implicate \| involve \| marais \| marish \| marsh \| marshland \| meadow \| mere \| moor \| moorland \| morass \| moss \| muck \| muck up \| mud \| mud flat \| muddy \| ooze \| peat bog \| quag \| quagmire \| quicksand \| retard \| salt marsh \| scum \| septic tank \| set back \| sewer \| sink \| sink in \| slab \| slacken \| slime \| slip \| slob \| slob land \| slop \| slosh \| slough \| slow down \| sludge \| slush \| smear \| smoke \| smudge \| snare \| soil \| soot \| sough \| splosh \| squash \| stick \| stodge \| sully \| sump \| swale \| swamp \| swampland \| swill \| taiga \| tangle \| tarnish \| trap \| wallow \| wash See Also \| begrime \| bemire \| bog \| colly \| dirty \| get stranded \| grime \| involve \| peat bog \| run aground \| soil \| stand still Mire In Webster's Dictionary \Mire\, n. [AS. m[=i]re, m?re; akin to D. mier, Icel. maurr, Dan. myre, Sw. myra; cf. also Ir. moirbh, Gr. ?.] An ant. [Obs.] See {Pismire}. \Mire\, n. [OE. mire, myre; akin to Icel. m?rr swamp, Sw. myra marshy ground, and perh. to E. moss.] Deep mud; wet, spongy earth. --Chaucer. He his rider from the lofty steed Would have cast down and trod in dirty mire. --Spenser. {Mire crow} (Zo["o]l.), the pewit, or laughing gull. [Prov. Eng.] {Mire drum}, the European bittern. [Prov. Eng.] \Mire\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mired}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Miring}.] 1. To cause or permit to stick fast in mire; to plunge or fix in mud; as, to mire a horse or wagon. 2. To soil with mud or foul matter. Smirched thus and mired with infamy. --Shak. \Mire\, v. i. To stick in mire. --Shak.

Mire Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mire?

[n] a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
[v] soil with mud, muck, or mire; "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden"
[v] be unable to move further; "The car bogged down in the sand"
[v] cause to get stuck as if in a mire; "The mud mired our cart"
[v] entrap; "Our people should not be mired in the past"

Mire In Webster's Dictionary

\Mire\, n. [AS. m[=i]re, m?re; akin to D. mier, Icel.
maurr, Dan. myre, Sw. myra; cf. also Ir. moirbh, Gr. ?.]
An ant. [Obs.] See {Pismire}.


\Mire\, n. [OE. mire, myre; akin to Icel. m?rr swamp, Sw.
myra marshy ground, and perh. to E. moss.]
Deep mud; wet, spongy earth. --Chaucer.

      He his rider from the lofty steed Would have cast down
      and trod in dirty mire.                  --Spenser.

{Mire crow} (Zo["o]l.), the pewit, or laughing gull. [Prov.
   Eng.]

{Mire drum}, the European bittern. [Prov. Eng.]


\Mire\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mired}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Miring}.]
1. To cause or permit to stick fast in mire; to plunge or fix
   in mud; as, to mire a horse or wagon.

2. To soil with mud or foul matter.

         Smirched thus and mired with infamy.  --Shak.


\Mire\, v. i.
To stick in mire. --Shak.

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