mire

[mire]

A mire is mushy ground like quicksand, so if you feel yourself trapped in a sticky situation, consider yourself mired. One gets mired IN something like in a dispute or in a love triangle.

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An ant. [Obs.] See Pismire.

Noun
a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot

Verb
soil with mud, muck, or mire; "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden"

Verb
be unable to move further; "The car bogged down in the sand"

Verb
cause to get stuck as if in a mire; "The mud mired our cart"

Verb
entrap; "Our people should not be mired in the past"

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n.
An ant.

n.
Deep mud; wet, spongy earth.

v. t.
To cause or permit to stick fast in mire; to plunge or fix in mud; as, to mire a horse or wagon.

v. t.
To soil with mud or foul matter.

v. i.
To stick in mire.


Mire

Mire , n. [AS. m'c6re, mre; akin to D. mier, Icel. maurr, Dan. myre, Sw. myra; cf. also Ir. moirbh, Gr. .] An ant. [Obs.] See Pismire.

Mire

Mire, n. [OE. mire, myre; akin to Icel. mrr 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.
Mire crow (Zo'94l.), the pewit, or laughing gull. [Prov. Eng.] -- Mire drum, the European bittern. [Prov. Eng.]

Mire

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.

Mire

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

An ant. [Obs.] See Pismire.

Deep mud; wet, spongy earth.

To cause or permit to stick fast in mire; to plunge or fix in mud; as, to mire a horse or wagon.

To stick in mire.

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