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  Mire \Mire\ (m[imac]r), n. [AS. m[=i]re, m[=y]re; akin to D.
     mier, Icel. maurr, Dan. myre, Sw. myra; cf. also Ir. moirbh,
     Gr. my`rmhx.]
     An ant. [Obs.] See Pismire.
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  Mire \Mire\, n. [OE. mire, myre; akin to Icel. m?rr swamp, Sw.
     myra marshy ground, and perh. to E. moss.]
     Deep mud; wet, spongy earth. --Chaucer.
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           He his rider from the lofty steed
           Would have cast down and trod in dirty mire. --Spenser.
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     Mire crow (Zo["o]l.), the pewit, or laughing gull. [Prov.
        Eng.]
  
     Mire drum, the European bittern. [Prov. Eng.]
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  Mire \Mire\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mired (m[imac]rd); p. pr. &
     vb. n. Miring.]
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     1. To cause or permit to stick fast in mire; to plunge or fix
        in mud; as, to mire a horse or wagon.
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     2. Hence: To stick or entangle; to involve in difficulties;
        -- often used in the passive or predicate form; as, we got
        mired in bureaucratic red tape and it took years longer
        than planned.
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     3. To soil with mud or foul matter.
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              Smirched thus and mired with infamy.  --Shak.
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  Mire \Mire\, v. i.
     To stick in mire. --Shak.
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  Mire \Mire\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mired; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Miring.]
     1. To cause or permit to stick fast in mire; to plunge or fix
        in mud; as, to mire a horse or wagon.
  
     2. To soil with mud or foul matter.
  
              Smirched thus and mired with infamy.  --Shak.

  Mire \Mire\, v. i.
     To stick in mire. --Shak.

  Mire \Mire\, n. [AS. m[=i]re, m?re; akin to D. mier, Icel.
     maurr, Dan. myre, Sw. myra; cf. also Ir. moirbh, Gr. ?.]
     An ant. [Obs.] See Pismire.

  Mire \Mire\, n. [OE. mire, myre; akin to Icel. m?rr swamp, Sw.
     myra marshy ground, and perh. to E. moss.]
     Deep mud; wet, spongy earth. --Chaucer.
  
           He his rider from the lofty steed Would have cast down
           and trod in dirty mire.                  --Spenser.
  
     Mire crow (Zo["o]l.), the pewit, or laughing gull. [Prov.
        Eng.]
  
     Mire drum, the European bittern. [Prov. Eng.]

  mire
       n : a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot [syn:
            quagmire, quag, morass]
       v 1: entrap; "Our people should not be mired in the past" [syn: entangle]
       2: cause to get stuck as if in a mire; "The mud mired our cart"
          [syn: bog down]
       3: be unable to move further; "The car bogged down in the sand"
          [syn: grind to a halt, get stuck, bog down]
       4: soil with mud, muck, or mire; "The child mucked up his shirt
          while playing ball in the garden" [syn: muck, mud, muck
          up]

  mire
     Αγγλικά n.
     βάλτος

  mire
     Esperanto adv.
     in surprise, in awe, in an amazed way
     French n.
     1 (lb fr archaic) aim (action of aiming) (datedef: from 1562)
     2 foresight (of rifle) (datedef: from 1611)
     3 (lb fr literal figurative) target (datedef: from early 1600s)
     4 (lb fr television) test pattern
     5 (lb fr surveying) rod (measuring tool)
     French n.
     (senseid fr physician) (lb fr historical) medieval physician
     French vb.
     (inflection of fr mirer  1//3 s pres ind//sub ; 2 s impr)
     Hungarian adv.
     1 whereupon (gloss: after which, in consequence)
     2 by the time, when
     Hungarian pron.
     (inflection of hu mi  sbl s)
     Italian n.
     (plural of it mira)
     Latin part.p.
     (inflection of la mīrus  voc m s)
     n.
     1 Deep mud; moist, spongy earth.
     2 An undesirable situation, a predicament.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To cause or permit to become stuck in mud; to
  plunge or fix in mud.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To sink into mud.
     3 (lb en transitive figurative) To weigh down.
     4 (lb en intransitive) To soil with mud or foul matter.
     n.
     (lb en rare or obsolete) An ant.
     Prasuni n.
     clay
     Scottish Gaelic n.
     merriment, mirth, frolic
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: mirar)

  Mire
     n.
     (surname: en).

  mire
     n.
     1 Deep mud; moist, spongy earth.
     2 An undesirable situation, a predicament.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To cause or permit to become stuck in mud; to
  plunge or fix in mud.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To sink into mud.
     3 (lb en transitive figurative) To weigh down.
     4 (lb en intransitive) To soil with mud or foul matter.
     n.
     (lb en rare or obsolete) An ant.

  Mire
     n.
     (surname: en).

  mire
     French n.
     1 (lb fr archaic) aim (action of aiming) (datedef: from 1562)
     2 foresight (of rifle) (datedef: from 1611)
     3 (lb fr literal figurative) target (datedef: from early 1600s)
     4 (lb fr television) test pattern
     5 (lb fr surveying) rod (measuring tool)
     French n.
     (senseid fr physician) (lb fr historical) medieval physician
     French vb.
     (inflection of fr mirer  1//3 s pres ind//sub ; 2 s impr)
     Galician vb.
     (inflection of gl mirar  1//3 s pres subj)
     Irish n.
     1 quickness, rapidity
     2 spiritedness, ardor
     3 madness, frenzy, mania
     Irish a.
     (inflection of ga mear  gen f s ; comd)
     Latin part.p.
     (inflection of la mīrus  voc m s)
     n.
     1 Deep mud; moist, spongy earth.
     2 An undesirable situation, a predicament.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To cause or permit to become stuck in mud; to
  plunge or fix in mud.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To sink into mud.
     3 (lb en transitive figurative) To weigh down.
     4 (lb en intransitive) To soil with mud or foul matter.
     n.
     (lb en rare or obsolete) An ant.
     Romanian n.
     bridegroom
     Serbo-Croatian vb.
     (inflection of sh miriti  3 p pres)

  Mire
     n.
     (surname: en).

  mire
     French n.
     1 (lb fr archaic) aim (action of aiming) (datedef: from 1562)
     2 foresight (of rifle) (datedef: from 1611)
     3 (lb fr literal figurative) target (datedef: from early 1600s)
     4 (lb fr television) test pattern
     5 (lb fr surveying) rod (measuring tool)
     French n.
     (senseid fr physician) (lb fr historical) medieval physician
     French vb.
     (inflection of fr mirer  1//3 s pres ind//sub ; 2 s impr)
     Galician vb.
     (inflection of gl mirar  1//3 s pres subj)
     Irish n.
     1 quickness, rapidity
     2 spiritedness, ardor
     3 madness, frenzy, mania
     Irish a.
     (inflection of ga mear  gen f s ; comd)
     Latin part.p.
     (inflection of la mīrus  voc m s)
     n.
     1 Deep mud; moist, spongy earth.
     2 An undesirable situation, a predicament.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To cause or permit to become stuck in mud; to
  plunge or fix in mud.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To sink into mud.
     3 (lb en transitive figurative) To weigh down.
     4 (lb en intransitive) To soil with mud or foul matter.
     n.
     (lb en rare or obsolete) An ant.
     Scottish Gaelic n.
     merriment, mirth, frolic

  Mire
     n.
     (surname: en).

  mire
     Ranska n.
     1 tähtäin
     2 testikuva

  mire
     Spanska vb.
     (böjning es verb mirar)

  Mire /mˈiːrə/ 
  range pole/rod , ranging pole/rod 
           Note: surveying
     Synonyms: Fluchtstab, Fluchtstange, Jalon
  
   see: Fluchtstäbe, Fluchtstangen, Miren, Jalons
  

  Mire /mˈaɪə/
  الطين

  mire //ˈmaɪə// //ˈmaɪɚ// //ˈmaɪɹ// 
  кал, тиня
  deep mud

  mire //ˈmaɪə// //ˈmaɪɚ// //ˈmaɪɹ// 
  окалям
  to sink into mud

  mire /mˈaɪə/ 
  ponořit

  mire /mˈaɪə/ 
  močál

  mire /mˈaɪə/ 
  bažina

  mire /mˈaɪə/
  Moor 
     Synonyms: bog, quagmire
  
   see: bogs, mires, quagmires, treeless mire, active bog, open mire, topogenous mire
  

  mire /mˈaɪə/
  Morast , Sumpf , Schlamm 
        "drag sb. through the mire"  - jemanden durch den Dreck ziehen
   see: mires
  

  mire /mˈaɪə/
  
  βόρβορος

  mire //ˈmaɪə// //ˈmaɪɚ// //ˈmaɪɹ// 
  lieju, muta, suo
  deep mud

  mire /mˈaɪə/ 
  1. कीचड़
        "Her shoes were stuck in the mire."

  mire /mˈaɪə/ 
  1. अटकना, अटकाना
        "He should not be mired in the past."
  2. गंदा~होना[करना]
        "The mud mired our carpet."

  mire /mˈaɪə/
  blato, glib, kal, močvara, okaljati, uprskati blatom, zaglibiti se

  mire /mˈaɪə/
  1. sár
  2. pocsolya

  mire /mˈaɪə/
  1. çamura batırmak
  2. çamurla kirletmek, çamura bulaştırmak
  3. çamura batmak. mire down yarıda kalmak, başarısızlığa uğramak.

  mire /mˈaɪə/
  1. çamur, batak
  2. kir, pislik.

  mire /mˈire/
  amazingly, astonishingly

  mire /mˈire/
  amazingly, astonishingly

  mire /mˈire/
  amazingly, astonishingly

  mire /miʁ/ 
  Testbild

  mire /miʁ/ 
  monoscopio

  mire /mˈirɛ/
  1. whereof
  2. whereon

  mire? /mˈirɛ/
  1. whereon?
  2. whereto?

  
/ˈmaɪɝ/, /ˈmaɪɹ/

  112 Moby Thesaurus words for "mire":
     adhere, baygall, befoul, begrime, bemire, bemud, besmirch, besmoke,
     blacken, bog, bog down, bottom, bottomland, bottoms,
     buffalo wallow, cesspool, clay, cleave, cling, cloaca,
     cloaca maxima, cohere, decelerate, defile, detain, dirt, dirty,
     dirty up, drain, dump, dust, embroil, enmesh, ensnare, entangle,
     entrap, everglade, fen, fenland, garbage dump, glade, glop, grime,
     gumbo, gunk, hog wallow, holm, implicate, involve, marais, marish,
     marsh, marshland, meadow, mere, moor, moorland, morass, moss, muck,
     muck up, mud, mud flat, muddy, ooze, peat bog, quag, quagmire,
     quicksand, retard, salt marsh, scum, septic tank, set back, sewer,
     sink, sink in, slab, slacken, slime, slip, slob, slob land, slop,
     slosh, slough, slow down, sludge, slush, smear, smoke, smudge,
     snare, soil, soot, sough, splosh, squash, stick, stodge, sully,
     sump, swale, swamp, swampland, swill, taiga, tangle, tarnish, trap,
     wallow, wash
  
  

  n. 泥沼,泥泞;
  v. 使...陷于泥泞,使...陷入困境;

     n. 泥沼,泥泞
     vt. 使陷于泥泞,使陷入困境
     vi. 掉进泥坑