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Mire   /maɪr/  /mˈaɪər/   Listen
Mire

noun
1.
A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot.  Synonyms: morass, quag, quagmire, slack.
2.
Deep soft mud in water or slush.  Synonym: slop.
3.
A difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from.  "Caught in the mire of poverty"
verb
(past & past part. mired; pres. part. miring)
1.
Entrap.  Synonym: entangle.
2.
Cause to get stuck as if in a mire.  Synonym: bog down.
3.
Be unable to move further.  Synonyms: bog down, get stuck, grind to a halt.
4.
Soil with mud, muck, or mire.  Synonyms: muck, muck up, mud.



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"Mire" Quotes from Famous Books



... white soul went up to God, Out of the mire of the city street; It grew like a flower in the highway broad, Close to the trample of ...
— The Coming of the Princess and Other Poems • Kate Seymour Maclean
... forgiveness no man has ever sinned, nor have you now. So that your repentance is deep and real, and when by some penance that I shall impose you shall have cleansed yourself of all this mire that clings to your poor soul, you shall ...
— The Strolling Saint • Raphael Sabatini
... powerfully upon itself. The gallant would clothe his mistress in silks, would deck her out in soft Eastern fabrics, though he and she must lie on a truckle-bed. The ambitious dreamer sees himself at the summit of power, while he slavishly prostrates himself in the mire. The tradesman stagnates in his damp, unhealthy shop, while he builds a great mansion for his son to inherit prematurely, only to be ejected from it by law proceedings ...
— The Magic Skin • Honore de Balzac
... reading slowly, Noting every trace around, Of the travel gone before him, Every mark upon the ground, Down the winding, deep-cut roadway Furrowed out by grinding tire, Where the ruts lead to the water, In the half-dried plastic mire, He beholds the telltale marking Of an odd-shaped band of steel, Welded to secure the ...
— Nancy MacIntyre • Lester Shepard Parker
... glad to hear it. We'll ride together. Look out for your horse! He may go knee deep into mire at any time. Harry, the Wilderness looks even more somber to me than it did a year ago when we ...
— The Shades of the Wilderness • Joseph A. Altsheler


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