Associations to 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.
Alexander Pope