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English noun: mire | |||
| 1. | mire (object) a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot | ||
| Synonyms | morass, quag, quagmire, slack | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bog, peat bog | ||
| 2. | mire (substance) deep soft mud in water or slush | ||
| Samples | They waded through the slop. | ||
| Synonyms | slop | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | clay, mud | ||
| 3. | mire (state) a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from | ||
| Samples | The country is still trying to climb out of the mire left by its previous president. Caught in the mire of poverty. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | difficulty | ||
English verb: mire | |||
| 1. | mire (stative) entrap | ||
| Samples | Our people should not be mired in the past. | ||
| Synonyms | entangle | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | involve | ||
| 2. | mire (motion) cause to get stuck as if in a mire | ||
| Samples | The mud mired our cart. | ||
| Synonyms | bog down | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Cause | bog down, get stuck, grind to a halt, mire | ||
| Verb group | bog down, get stuck, grind to a halt, mire | ||
| 3. | mire (motion) be unable to move further | ||
| Samples | The car bogged down in the sand. | ||
| Synonyms | bog down, get stuck, grind to a halt | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | stand still | ||
| Verb group | bog down, mire | ||
| 4. | mire (contact) soil with mud, muck, or mire | ||
| Samples | The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden. | ||
| Synonyms | muck, muck up, mud | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | begrime, bemire, colly, dirty, grime, soil | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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