mire

noun

1. a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot

Similar word(s): morass, quag, quagmire, slack

Definition categories: object, bog

2. deep soft mud in water or slush

Similar word(s): slop

Definition categories: substance, clay, mud

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

Definition categories: state, difficulty

verb

1. entrap

- Our people should not be mired in the past

Similar word(s): entangle

Definition categories: stative, involve

2. cause to get stuck as if in a mire

- The mud mired our cart

Definition categories: motion

3. be unable to move further

Definition categories: motion

4. soil with mud, muck, or mire

Similar word(s): muck, mud

Definition categories: contact, begrime, bemire, colly, dirty, grime, soil