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Mire

Mire Meaning & Definition
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.

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