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Quick definitions from WordNet (mire)
▸ noun: a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
▸ verb: soil with mud, muck, or mire
▸ verb: cause to get stuck as if in a mire ("The mud mired our cart")
▸ verb: entrap ("Our people should not be mired in the past")
▸ verb: be unable to move further
▸ name: A surname (common: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #13977)
▸ Also see miry
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▸ noun: a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
▸ verb: soil with mud, muck, or mire
▸ verb: cause to get stuck as if in a mire ("The mud mired our cart")
▸ verb: entrap ("Our people should not be mired in the past")
▸ verb: be unable to move further
▸ name: A surname (common: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #13977)
▸ Also see miry
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to mire
▸ Usage examples for mire
▸ Idioms related to mire (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing mire
▸ Words that often appear near mire
▸ Rhymes of mire
▸ Invented words related to mire