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- Dictionarymire/ˈmʌɪə/
noun
- 1. a stretch of swampy or boggy ground: "acres of land had been reduced to a mire"
- 2. a complicated or unpleasant situation from which it is difficult to extricate oneself: "the service is sinking in the mire of its own regulations"
verb
- 1. cause to become stuck in mud: "sometimes a heavy truck gets mired down" Similar
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MIRE definition: 1. an area of deep, wet, sticky earth 2. an unpleasant situation that is difficult to escape: 3…. Learn more.
1. : wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) the mire is relieved only by small stretches of open dry forest Saturday Review. 2. : heavy often deep mud or slush. The troops trudged onward through the mire. 3. : a troublesome or intractable situation. found themselves in a mire of debt. miry. ˈmīr-ē. adjective. mire. 2 of 2. verb. mired; miring.
noun. 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”. see more. verb. cause to get stuck as if in a mire. “The mud mired our cart”. synonyms: bog down.
MIRE meaning: 1. an area of deep, wet, sticky earth 2. an unpleasant situation that is difficult to escape: 3…. Learn more.
You can refer to an unpleasant or difficult situation as a mire of some kind. [literary] ...a mire of poverty and ignorance. [ + of] 2. uncountable noun. Mire is dirt or mud. [literary] ...the muck and mire of sewers and farmyards.
Mire definition: a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh. . See examples of MIRE used in a sentence.
1. An area of wet, soggy, muddy ground; a bog. 2. Deep slimy soil or mud. 3. A disadvantageous or difficult condition or situation: the mire of poverty. v. mired, mir·ing, mires. v.tr. 1. a. To cause to sink or become stuck in mire. b. To hinder, entrap, or entangle. 2. To soil with mud or mire. v.intr. To sink or become stuck in mire.
mire. noun. /ˈmaɪə (r)/. /ˈmaɪər/. [uncountable] an area of deep mud synonym bog. The wheels sank deeper into the mire. (figurative) My name had been dragged through the mire (= my reputation was ruined).
A disadvantageous or difficult condition or situation. The mire of poverty. American Heritage. Similar definitions. (obsolete) An ant. Wiktionary. Synonyms: wetland. swampland. slough. muskeg. marshland. fen. swamp. quag. morass. marsh. quagmire.
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