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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.
Mire definition: a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh. . See examples of MIRE used in a sentence.
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.
1. singular noun. 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.
to cause something to sink in deep, wet, sticky earth, or fig. to cause someone or an activity to become trapped in a difficult situation: fig. At the time the country was mired in the Great Depression. (Definition of mire from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Definition of mire noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
mire (noun) mired (adjective) mire / ˈ majɚ/ noun. Britannica Dictionary definition of MIRE. : thick and deep mud. [noncount] The troops marched onward through the muck and the mire. — often used figuratively. stuck in the mire of cynicism.
A complete guide to the word "MIRE": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
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.
