mire

(mīr)
n.

1. An area of wet, soggy, muddy ground; a bog.
2. Deep slimy soil or mud.
3. A disadvantageous or difficult condition or situation: the mire of poverty.

v., mired, mir·ing, mires.

v.tr.

1. 1. To cause to sink or become stuck in or as if in mire.
   2. To hinder, entrap, or entangle as if in mire.
2. To soil with mud or mire.

v.intr.
To sink or become stuck in mire.

[Middle English, from Old Norse mȳrr, bog.]

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noun

1. A usually low-lying area of soft waterlogged ground and standing water: bog, fen, marsh, marshland, morass, muskeg, quag, quagmire, slough¹, swamp, swampland, wetland. See dry/wet.
2. A viscous, usually offensively dirty substance: muck, ooze, slime, slop, sludge, slush. See clean/dirty.

verb

To soil with mud: bemire, muck (up), mud, muddy, slush. See clean/dirty.

IN BRIEF: A marsh or bog. Also: To sink in mud or slush.

Stay at the center of the road so you do not mire the wheels in the soft mud at the edge.

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• Plains and Marshes - mire: muddy bog, swamp

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - mose, sump, mudder, snavs
v. tr. - sænke/synke ned i dynd, tilsmudse
v. intr. - sænke/synke ned i dynd

Nederlands (Dutch)
slijk, moeras, in de modder (doen) zakken, in moeilijkheden brengen/ komen

Français (French)
n. - bourbier, boue, (fig) pétrin
v. tr. - plonger dans la boue
v. intr. - enfoncer dans la boue

Deutsch (German)
n. - Morast
v. - im Morast versinken, in Schwierigkeiten bringen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - βόρβορος, λάσπη, (μτφ.) βούρκος
v. - λασπώνω/-ομαι, αποτελματώνω/-ομαι

Italiano (Italian)
fango, melma

Português (Portuguese)
n. - atoleiro (m)
v. - atolar, envolver-se em dificuldades

Русский (Russian)
грязь, болото, темнота, завязнуть в грязи, очернять, темный

Español (Spanish)
n. - fango, lodo
v. tr. - enlodar, hundir o atascar en el cieno, estar envuelto en algo
v. intr. - atascarse, atollarse

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - träsk, dy
v. - köra fast i dyn, smutsa ner, sätta i klistret, köra fast

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
泥沼, 泥泞, 使陷于泥泞, 使陷入困境, 陷于泥坑, 陷入困境

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 泥沼, 泥濘
v. tr. - 使陷於泥濘, 使陷入困境
v. intr. - 陷於泥坑, 陷入困境

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 진흙, 모욕, 곤란
v. tr. - 진흙으로 더럽히다
v. intr. - 진창에 빠지다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 湿った海綿質の土, ぬかるみ, 泥, 窮地
v. - 泥でよごす, 陥れる, ぬかるみにはまる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مستنقع, وحل (فعل) يورط, يوحل, يوقع في شرك‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ביצה, בוץ‬
v. tr. - ‮לכלך, הכניס לבוץ, סיבך‬
v. intr. - ‮שקע בבוץ, הסתבך‬

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