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mire


I - noun
1. a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot (Freq. 1)
Syn:
quagmire, quag, morass, slack
Derivationally related forms:
quaggy (for: quag), miry
Hypernyms:
bog, peat bog
2. deep soft mud in water or slush
- they waded through the slop
Syn:
slop
Derivationally related forms:
sloppy (for: slop)
Hypernyms:
mud, clay
3. 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
Hypernyms:
difficulty

II - verb
1. cause to get stuck as if in a mire
- The mud mired our cart
Syn:
bog down
Verb Group:
grind to a halt, get stuck, bog down
Cause:
grind to a halt, get stuck, bog down
Verb Frames:
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
2. be unable to move further
- The car bogged down in the sand
Syn:
grind to a halt, get stuck, bog down
Hypernyms:
stand still
Verb Group:
bog down
Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
3. entrap
- Our people should not be mired in the past
Syn:
entangle
Derivationally related forms:
entanglement (for: entangle)
Hypernyms:
involve
Verb Frames:
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
4. soil with mud, muck, or mire
- The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden
Syn:
muck, mud, muck up
Derivationally related forms:
mud (for: mud), muck (for: muck)
Hypernyms:
dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something

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