mire
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
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Sense 2 verb
entrap
Our people should not be mired in the past
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Sense 3 noun
deep soft mud in water or slush
they waded through the slop
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Sense 4 verb
cause to get stuck as if in a mire
The mud mired our cart
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Sense 5 noun
a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from
the country is still trying to climb out of the mire left by its previous president
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Sense 6 verb
be unable to move further
The car bogged down in the sand
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Sense 7 verb
soil with mud, muck, or mire
The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | mud |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | grind to a halt |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | mire |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | muddy |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | bog |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | entanglement |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | involve |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | muddy |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | mud |
| 4 | causes | Related & opposite | grind to a halt |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | mire |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | grind to a halt |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | difficulty |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | mire |
| 6 | verb group | Related & opposite | mire |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | stand still |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | mire |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | mud |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | goop |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | soil |