1. mire - noun
· a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
Synonym(s): quagmire, quag, morass, slack
2. mire - noun
· deep soft mud in water or slush; "they waded through the slop"
Synonym(s): slop
3. 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"
Hypernym(s): difficulty
4. mire - verb
· entrap; "Our people should not be mired in the past"
Synonym(s): entangle
Hypernym(s): involve
5. mire - verb
· cause to get stuck as if in a mire; "The mud mired our cart"
Synonym(s): bog_down
6. mire - verb
· be unable to move further; "The car bogged down in the sand"
Synonym(s): grind_to_a_halt, get_stuck, bog_down
Hypernym(s): stand_still
7. mire - verb
· soil with mud, muck, or mire; "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden"
Synonym(s): muck, mud, muck_up
Hypernym(s): dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
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