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mire

 
Noun mire has 1 sense
  1. mire, quagmire, quag, morass - a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
    --1 is a kind of bog, peat bog
    Derived forms: verb mire4, verb mire3, verb mire2
Verb mire has 4 senses
  1. entangle, mire - entrap; "Our people should not be mired in the past"
    --1 is one way to involve
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  2. mire, bog down - cause to get stuck as if in a mire; "The mud mired our cart"
    Derived form: noun mire1
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  3. grind to a halt, get stuck, bog down, mire - be unable to move further; "The car bogged down in the sand"
    --3 is one way to stand still
    Derived form: noun mire1
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
  4. mire, muck, mud, muck up - soil with mud, muck, or mire; "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden"
    --4 is one way to dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
    Derived form: noun mire1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
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