Associations to the word «Mire»
Noun
- Bog
- Mud
- Swamp
- Sinking
- Ad
- Relegation
- Peat
- Fen
- Wheel
- Struggling
- Mare
- Filth
- Wagon
- Slough
- Controversy
- Recession
- Knee
- Horse
- Slime
- Scandal
- Dirt
- Hag
- Sow
- Heath
- Sink
- Puddle
- Grassland
- Hoof
- Tread
- Corruption
- Wetland
- Sunk
- Vegetation
- Moss
- Mule
- Paperback
- Plunge
- Drag
- Stench
- Swine
- Bureaucracy
- Moor
- Poverty
- Marsh
- Litigation
- Sinner
- Vox
- Tumble
- Depression
- Debt
- Ditch
- Dripping
- Sewer
- Plunging
- Pau
- Marrow
- Que
- Wade
- Ox
- Woodland
- Streak
- Pavement
- Mademoiselle
- Mist
- Intrigue
- Upland
- Drainage
- Oppression
- Tor
- Trombone
Adjective
Adverb
Pictures for the word «Mire»
Wiktionary
MIRE, noun. Deep mud; moist, spongy earth.
MIRE, noun. An undesirable situation, a predicament.
MIRE, verb. To weigh down.
MIRE, verb. To cause or permit to become stuck in mud; to plunge or fix in mud.
MIRE, verb. To soil with mud or foul matter.
MIRE, noun. (obsolete) An ant.
Dictionary definition
MIRE, noun. A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot.
MIRE, noun. Deep soft mud in water or slush; "they waded through the slop".
MIRE, 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".
MIRE, verb. Entrap; "Our people should not be mired in the past".
MIRE, verb. Cause to get stuck as if in a mire; "The mud mired our cart".
MIRE, verb. Be unable to move further; "The car bogged down in the sand".
MIRE, verb. Soil with mud, muck, or mire; "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden".
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.