English to English
mire

(m/aI//-/r
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noun (n)
- a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from(noun.state)Example:
The country is still trying to climb out of the mire left by its previous president.
Caught in the mire of poverty.
source: wordnet30 - An ant.(noun)source: webster1913
- Deep mud; wet, spongy earth.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- entrap(verb.stative)Example:
Our people should not be mired in the past.
source: wordnet30 - cause to get stuck as if in a mire(verb.motion)Example:
The mud mired our cart.
source: wordnet30 - be unable to move further(verb.motion)source: wordnet30
- To cause or permit to stick fast in mire; to plunge or fix in mud; as, to mire a horse or wagon.(verb)source: webster1913
- To stick in mire.(verb)source: webster1913