Associations to the word «Mire»

MIRE, noun. Deep mud; moist, spongy earth.

MIRE, noun. An undesirable situation, a predicament.

MIRE, verb. To weigh down.

MIRE, verb. To cause or permit to become stuck in mud; to plunge or fix in mud.

MIRE, verb. To soil with mud or foul matter.

MIRE, noun. (obsolete) An ant.

MIRE, noun. A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot.

MIRE, noun. Deep soft mud in water or slush; "they waded through the slop".

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".

MIRE, verb. Entrap; "Our people should not be mired in the past".

MIRE, verb. Cause to get stuck as if in a mire; "The mud mired our cart".

MIRE, verb. Be unable to move further; "The car bogged down in the sand".

MIRE, verb. Soil with mud, muck, or mire; "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden".