Defenition of the word mire
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Defenition of the word mire
- ISO 639-6 entity
- entrap; "Our people should not be mired in the past"
- be unable to move further; "The car bogged down in the sand"
- cause to get stuck as if in a mire; "The mud mired our cart"
- soil with mud, muck, or mire; "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden"
- a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
- a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from
- deep soft mud in water or slush
- soil with mud, muck, or mire
- be unable to move further
- cause to get stuck as if in a mire
- entrap
Synonyms for the word mire
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- bog
- bog down
- entangle
- get stuck
- marsh
- morass
- muck
- muck up
- mud
- quagmire
- sludge
- slush
- swamp
Similar words in the mire
Hyponyms for the word mire
Hypernyms for the word mire
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- begrime
- bemire
- bog
- clay
- colly
- difficulty
- dirty
- grime
- involve
- mud
- peat bog
- soil
- stand still
- surname
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