Definition of mires Mires

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Noun Plural: mires
mire - a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
		quagmire, quag, morass, slack
		bog, peat bog wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel
mire - a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from; "the country is still trying to climb out of the mire left by its previous president"; "caught in the mire of poverty"
mire - deep soft mud in water or slush; "they waded through the slop"
		slop
		mud, clay slanderous remarks or charges
Verb mires, miring, mired
mire - soil with mud, muck, or mire; "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden"
		muck, mud, muck up
		begrime, bemire, colly, dirty, grime, soil make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!"
mire - cause to get stuck as if in a mire; "The mud mired our cart"
		bog down
mire - be unable to move further; "The car bogged down in the sand"
		grind to a halt, get stuck, bog down
		stand still remain in place; hold still; remain fixed or immobile; "Traffic stood still when the funeral procession passed by"
mire - entrap; "Our people should not be mired in the past"
		entangle
		involve make complex or intricate or complicated; "The situation was rather involved"

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mire (Noun)
Deep mud; moist, spongy earth.
mire (Noun)
An undesirable situation, a predicament.
mire (Noun)
An ant.
mire (Verb)
To weigh down.
mire (Verb)
To cause or permit to become stuck in mud; to plunge or fix in mud.
mire (Verb)
To soil with mud or foul matter.

mire (n.)
An ant.
mire (n.)
Deep mud; wet, spongy earth.
mire (v. t.)
To cause or permit to stick fast in mire; to plunge or fix in mud; as, to mire a horse or wagon.
mire (v. t.)
To soil with mud or foul matter.
mire (v. i.)
To stick in mire.