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Definition of 'mire'English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) , whence Old English mos (English moss).
Noun
( en-noun)
Deep mud; moist, spongy earth.
* When Caliban was lazy and neglected his work, Ariel (who was invisible to all eyes but Prospero’s) would come slyly and pinch him, and sometimes tumble him down in the mire .'' (, ''Tales from Shakespeare , Hatier, coll. « Les Classiques pour tous » n° 223, p. 51)
An undesirable situation, a predicament.
Synonyms
* (deep mud) peatland, quag
Hypernyms
* (deep mud) wetland
Hyponyms
* (deep mud) bog, fen
Derived terms
* mire crow
* mire drum
* miry
* in the mire
* quagmire
Verb
( mir)
To weigh down.
To cause or permit to become stuck in mud; to plunge or fix in mud.
- to mire a horse or wagon
To soil with mud or foul matter.
* Shakespeare
- Smirched thus and mired with infamy.
Etymology 2
Perhaps related to Middle Dutch miere (Dutch mier). Cognate with Old Norse maurr, Danish myre. All probably from (etyl)
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Similar to 'mire'mare, more, murre, mere, moire, meare, morae, marae, maare, mure, morwe
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