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Results for: "mire"

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NOUN (3)

1. a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot;
[syn: mire, quagmire, quag, morass, slack]

2. deep soft mud in water or slush;
- Example: "they waded through the slop"
[syn: slop, mire]

3. a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from;
- Example: "the country is still trying to climb out of the mire left by its previous president"
- Example: "caught in the mire of poverty"


VERB (4)

1. entrap;
- Example: "Our people should not be mired in the past"
[syn: entangle, mire]

2. cause to get stuck as if in a mire;
- Example: "The mud mired our cart"
[syn: mire, bog down]

3. be unable to move further;
- Example: "The car bogged down in the sand"
[syn: grind to a halt, get stuck, bog down, mire]

4. soil with mud, muck, or mire;
- Example: "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden"
[syn: mire, muck, mud, muck up]

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