mire
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(mīr) 
n.
v., mired, mir·ing, mires. v.tr.
To sink or become stuck in mire.
n.
- An area of wet, soggy, muddy ground; a bog.
- Deep slimy soil or mud.
- A disadvantageous or difficult condition or situation: the mire of poverty.
v., mired, mir·ing, mires. v.tr.
- To cause to sink or become stuck in or as if in mire.
- To hinder, entrap, or entangle as if in mire.
- To soil with mud or mire.
To sink or become stuck in mire.
[Middle English, from Old Norse mȳrr, bog.]
Roget's Thesaurus:
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mire
noun
- 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.
- 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.
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mire
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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Mire
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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