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English to English noun
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a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot |  | source: wordnet30
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deep soft mud in water or slush | | Example: they waded through the slop
source: wordnet30
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a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from | | Example: the country is still trying to climb out of the mire left by its previous president
caught in the mire of poverty
source: wordnet30
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An ant. | | source: webster1913
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Deep mud; wet, spongy earth. | | source: webster1913 verb
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entrap | | Example: Our people should not be mired in the past
source: wordnet30
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cause to get stuck as if in a mire | | Example: The mud mired our cart
source: wordnet30
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be unable to move further | | Example: The car bogged down in the sand
source: wordnet30
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soil with mud, muck, or mire | | Example: The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden
source: wordnet30
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To cause or permit to stick fast in mire; to plunge or fix in mud; as, to mire a horse or wagon. | | source: webster1913
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To stick in mire. | | source: webster1913
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