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   mire

   /ˈmʌɪə/

   noun

   • 1. a stretch of swampy or boggy ground: "acres of land had been reduced to a mire"
   • ▪ soft mud or dirt: "the roads retained their winter mire" Similar mudslimesludgedirtfilthoozemuckdialect:clag
   • ▪ a wetland area or ecosystem based on peat. Similar swampbogmorasspeat bogquagmirequagsloughsumpquicksandfenfenlandswamplandmarshlandwetlandsalt marshsaltingssalinabayoumoor
   • 2. a complicated or unpleasant situation from which it is difficult to extricate oneself: "the service is sinking in the mire of its own regulations"

   verb

   • 1. cause to become stuck in mud: "sometimes a heavy truck gets mired down" Similar get bogged downsinksink downstick in the mud
   • ▪ cover or spatter with mud: "the horse waded through the red mud that mired it to its hocks" Similar dirtysoilmuddybegrimespattersmearmake muddy/dirtycake with dirt/soil
   • ▪ involve someone or something in (a difficult situation): "the economy is mired in its longest recession since the war" Similar entangletangle upembroilenmeshcatch upmix upinvolvebog down

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old Norse mýrr, of Germanic origin; related to moss.

   Scrabble Points: 6

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