Mire word meaning and definition
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Meaning and definition for "mire" word
[verb] soil with mud, muck, or mire; "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden"
[verb] be unable to move further; "The car bogged down in the sand"
[verb] cause to get stuck as if in a mire; "The mud mired our cart"
[verb] entrap; "Our people should not be mired in the past"
\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\, 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\, v. i. To stick in mire. --Shak.
Synonyms for mire
bog down, entangle, get stuck, morass, muck, muck up, mud, quagmire
See also: begrime | bemire | bog | colly | dirty | get stranded | grime | involve | peat bog | run aground | soil | stand still |
Related terms: begrime, bemud, cleave, cloaca, garbage dump, glop, marsh, mud, muddy, mud flat, quag, retard, set back, sewer, slop, slush, smudge, sough, splosh, stodge, swamp, wash
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Let's analyse "mire" as pure text. This string has Four letters in One syllable and Two vowels. 50% of vowels is 11.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: ERIM. Average typing speed for these characters is 1090 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
mire: 9 + 5 = 14, reduced: 5 . and the final result is Five. |
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