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Definition of Mire

1. Noun. A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot.

2. Verb. Entrap. "Our people should not be mired in the past"

3. Noun. Deep soft mud in water or slush. "They waded through the slop"

4. Verb. Cause to get stuck as if in a mire. "The mud mired our cart"

5. Noun. A difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from. "Caught in the mire of poverty"

6. Verb. Be unable to move further. "The car bogged down in the sand"

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

Definition of Mire

1. n. An ant.

2. n. Deep mud; wet, spongy earth.

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

4. v. i. To stick in mire.

Definition of Mire

1. Noun. Deep mud; moist, spongy earth. ¹

2. Noun. An undesirable situation, a predicament. ¹

3. Verb. To weigh down. ¹

4. Verb. Cause to become stuck in mud. ¹

5. Noun. (obsolete) An ant. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mire

1. to cause to stick in swampy ground [v MIRED, MIRING, MIRES]

Medical Definition of Mire

1. Synonymous with any peat-accumulating wetland. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mire

miradors mirage miragelike mirages mirandize mirandized mirandizes mirandizing mirapinnid mirapinnids

mirasol mirative mirativity mirbane mirbanes mire (current term) mired mirepoix mires mirex

mirexes mirid mirid bug mirids mirier miriest mirific mirifical mirificent mirin

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