Mire

Definition: Mire

Mire

Noun

1. A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot.

Verb

1. Entrap; "Our people should not be mired in the past".

2. Cause to get stuck as if in a mire; "The mud mired our cart".

3. Be unable to move further; "The car bogged down in the sand".

4. Soil with mud, muck, or mire; "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "mire" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Dream Interpretation

Mining

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Synonyms: Mire

Disrepute

Impute shame to, brand, post, stigmatize, vilify, defame, slur, cast a slur upon, hold up to shame, send to Coventry; tread under foot, trample under foot; show up, drag through the mire, heap dirt upon; reprehend.

Uncleanness

Wallow in the mire; slobber, slabber.

Mud, mire, quagmire, alluvium, silt, sludge, slime, slush, slosh, sposh.

Crosswords: Mire

French (aim, sight, target), Hungarian (and over I went, whereof), Latin (mervellously, uncommonly, wonderfully), Romanian (bridegroom, groom), Scottish (diversion, frolic; transport of rage, pastime, playing), Spanish (look).

It has been ruthlessly dragged through the mud and mire. Never let it be said that a Hardy's Spotless reputation to be so maliciously tread upon (Tit for Tat; writing credit: Stan Laurel)

Rescue me from the mire (Do I Have To Say The Words?; performing artist: Bryan Adams)

No time to wallow in the mire ("Light My Fire"; performing artist: The Doors)

La Ligne de mire (1960)

A mí no me mire usted (1941)

Mire megvénülünk (1916)

Making Magic Out of Mire (2001)

Desde el cristal con que se mire (1984)

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Books

• Lake, Mire and River Environment During the Last 150000 Years: Proceedings of the Inqua-Igcp 158 Meetings on the Palaeohydrological Changes (reference)

• Mezhdunarodno-pravovye formy integraëtìsionnykh proëtìsessov v sovremennom mire (reference)

• Mire Peat Science (reference)

• Surface Energy Exchange and Hydrology of a Poor Sphagnum Mire (Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Science & technolo (reference)

• Swiss Lake and Mire Environments During the Last 15000 Years (Dissertationes Botanicas, 87) (reference)

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Periodicals

• Belarus V Mire (reference)

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Music

• Mire Amigo (reference)

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Wallowing in mire. Credit: Library of Congress.

American Red Cross Balkan Survey--Mud ankle-deep in Serbia made the trip of the members of the American Red Cross not an easy one--Here they are pushing the Red Cross camion out of the mire on the road between Vranga and Grdjelitza. Credit: Library of Congress.

Porcallo in the mire. Credit: Library of Congress.

Le Général Washington ne quid detrimenti capiat res publica / Peint par L. Le Paon ; gravé par N. Le Mire. Credit: Library of Congress.

Lukavo mudrstvuia o mire, pustilsia on "vo vse chetyre," i ne fal'shivit v etoi gamme -- nogami. Credit: Library of Congress.

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No possible choice among these men who seemed by their appearance the elite of the mire.

You flouted the ministers of holy religion, you turned your back on the confessional, you wallowed deeper and deeper in the mire of sin.

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Business

According to the estimate made by Novosti v mire kosmetiki magazine, total sales of beauty products by multilevel marketing companies achieve USD 100 million. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "mire": bring in the mire ♦ mire crow ♦ mire down ♦ mire drum. Additional references.

Ending with "mire": red-mire.

Albanian

moçal (backwater, bayou, bog, Fen, Mars, Marsh, morass, muskeg, quagmire, slew, Slough, swamp), sqotë (slobber, slop, slush, snowbroth), ngec në baltë (stall), llucë (beastliness, mud, muddiness, slime, slob, slop, sludge, slush), fëlliq (bedraggle, besmear, blur, bring in the mire, contaminate, daub, defile, dirty, draggle, foul, pollute, soil), batak (hole, morass, sink, Slough), baltë (clay, dirt, foulness, muck, mud, muddiness, ooze, silt, slime, slob, soil). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مستنقع (bog, fen, marsh, marshland, moor, morass, moss, ooze, patch, pond, quag, quagmire, slew, slough, sump, swamp), ‏وحل (bespatter, clay, dirt, mud, muddling, muddy, ooze, quaggy, silt, slime, slob), ‏حمأة (cesspit), ‏تورط (be embroiled, concern, dip, embroilment, get into hot water, get involved, get stuck, involvement, mix, set in motion), ‏عرقل (hamper, obstacle, obstruct, ravel, tie up), ‏طين (clay, daub, earth, loam, lute, luting, muck, mud, ooze, point, silt, slime, sludge, slush), ‏شوش (bedevil, befuddle, blanket, confuse, demoralize, derange, disarrange, dislocate, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, dizzy, embroil, fog, fuddle, garble, gum up, hamper, jam, jumble, mix up, muddle, muddy, obfuscate, obscure, outface, parasite, perplex, perturb, rattle, ravel, scramble, smudge, unhinge, unsettle). (various references)

Bulgarian 

тресавище (bog, moor, morass, ooze, quag, quagmire, sink, slew, swamp), тиня (mud, ooze, silt, slime, slob), кал (dirt, muck, mud, ooze, slime, slob, slop), въвличам в затруднение, въвличам в беда, опетнявам (attaint, besmirch, darken, imbrue, maculate, pollute, smirch, smudge, soil, spot, stain, sully, tarnish), блато (backwater, bog, hag, mere, morass, muskeg, pan, pool, swamp, water hole), потъвам в кал, позоря (asperse, be disgrace to, defame, discredit, disgrace, shame), изплесквам (bedraggle). (various references)

Czech

zablátit (mud), bořit se do bláta, bláto (dirt, muck, mud, ooze). (various references)

Farsi 

کثافت (Dirt, Guck, Impurity, Jakes, Muck, Pollution, Smooch, Sully), لجن (Lair, Mud, Silt, Slob, Slobber, Slop, Slosh, Slough, Sludge, Slush), گل وشل (Slush), گرفتاری (Ado, Assurance, Captivity, Constraint, Encumbrance, Hitch, Involvement, Plight, Scrape, Snarl), درمنجلاب فروبردن , درگل فروبردن یارفتن , باتلاق (Bog, Marsh, Morass, Quagmire, Slop, Slough, Swamp, Swampland). (various references)

Finnish

muta (mud), lieju (mud, ooze, slime), kura (mud). (various references)

French

s'embourber, fange, faire embourber, empêtrer, embrouiller (mix up), bourbier, bourbe, boue (miriness). (various references)

German

morast (bog, morass, quagmire, Slough, slush), sumpf (bog, cesspool, marsh, morass, mud, puddle, quagmire, Slough, sump, swamp, swampland), schlamm (dirt, mud, ooze, silt, silts, slime, sludge), kot (dirt, excrement, feces, filth, muck, mud, ordure), beschmutzen (bedraggle, begrime, besmirch, dirty, draggle, pollute, smudge, soil, stain, sully, taint, thumb, to draggle, to mire, to smudge, to soil). (various references)

Greek 

βόρβοροσ (muck, mud, welter), βόρβορος (filt, muck, mud, sludge), βυθίζω σε λάσπη, βάλτοσ (bayou, bog, moor, morass, quagmire, swalle, swamp), βαλτότοποσ, λάσπη (alluvium, cement, clay, mortar, mud, ooze, puddle, silt, slab, slime, slosh, sludge), λασπώνω (bemire, draggle, muddy, puddle, silt). (various references)

Hebrew 

ללכלך בבוץ, בוץ (mud, swamp), בצ�" (bog, morass, swamp), טיט (clay, loam, mud), רקק (bog, morass, puddle, swamp), רפש (mud, slime, sludge). (various references)

Hungarian

sár (dirt, mess-up, mud, ooze, slob, slobber, sludge, splash), pocsolya (dub, mere, pond, pool, puddle, slop, slough, stank, sump, wallow). (various references)

Indonesian

lumpur (mud, ooze, slime, slosh, sludge, slush), ambles (bog down, sink in mud). (various references)

Italian

melma (mud, ooze), pantano (bog, morass, ooze, quagmire, Slough, swamp), infangarsi, infangare (bemire, bespatter, Drabble, draggle, muddy, soil, throw mud), impantanarsi (bemire, bog, get bogged down, mire down, stick in the mud), fango (dirt, mud, slime, slosh, sludge, slush). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

泥濘 (mud, quagmire, sludge, slush). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ぬかるみ (mud, quagmire, sludge, slush), でいねい (mud, quagmire, sludge, slush). (various references)

Manx

laagh [f] (duck, wild goose; mud), laagh (duck, wild goose; mud). (various references)

Pig Latin

iremay.(various references)

Portuguese

porcaria (dirt, dirtiness, filth, grubbiness, mess, muck, mud, slovenliness, sludge, squalor, trash), lodaçal (marsh, muskeg, plash, swamp), lamaçal (bog, puddle, quagmire, slough), lama (dirt, mud, ooze, silt, slob, slurry), enterrar na lama, charco (bog, catchment basin, dash, dub, fen, marsh, moor, morass, plash, pond, pool, puddle, quag, quagmire, sink, slough, swamp, wash), atoleiro (bog, hag, morass, puddle, quag, quagmire, slough, swamp), atolar-se (founder, sink, slump), atolar (bog). (various references)

Romanian

murdãri de noroi, mlaştinã (bog, Fen, Marsh, mere, moor, morass, puddle, quagmire, slop, Slough, swamp), umple de noroi (slime), se afunda în noroi, se înnãmoli (run ashore, settle in the mud, stall), ponegri (abuse, asperse, backbite, black, blacken, cry down, cut up, demolish, denigrate, pull to pieces, run down, slander, write down), noroi (clay, filth, muck, mud, ooze, sediment, slime, slush), clisã (slime), înnãmoli (silt), încurcãturã (abashment, confusion, difficulty, encumbrance, entanglement, fix, hash, involution, involvement, loss, lost, mess, mishmash, morass, perplexity, pretty kettle of fish, puzzle, scrape, stew, tangle, trouble, upset), împroşca cu noroi (slush), ţinut mlãştinos (flat). (various references)

Russian 

трясина (bog, morass, quagmire), грязь (dirt, dirtiness, filth, filthiness, foulness, grime, grubbiness, gunge, muck, mud, muddiness, ordure, puddle, slob, sludge, sordidness, squalor, squelch), втягивать;вязнуть грязь, втянуть во что-л., болото (bog, marsh, morass, moss, muskeg, quag, quagmire, sump, swamp, swampland, wetland). (various references)

Scottish

sl� ib, poll (a pool, mud, pool, puddle), l� thach (clay, puddle), l� ban, l� ban, cl� tar. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

ukaljati (become defiled, befoul, dirty, soil, stain, sully), kaljuga (bilge, mud, slab, soil), kaljati, glib (ooze, silt, slime), blato (dirt, mud, quagmire, slop, slops, sludge), blatiti. (various references)

Spanish

fango (mud, slush). (various references)

Swedish

dy (dirt, mud, ooze, slime, sludge, slush). (various references)

Thai

ทำให้เปื้อน (grime, smirch, soil), ทำให้ติ�"หล่ม, หล่ม (morass). (various references)

Turkish

pislik (contamination, crap, crud, dinginess, dirt, dirtiness, excrement, excreta, faecal matter, faeces, feculence, filth, filthiness, foulness, gook, griminess, impurity, jerk, mess, muck, nastiness, offscourings, ordure, pollution, scum, scurvy, smear, smut, soil, sordidness, squalor, uncleanliness), batak (bog, boggy, gutter, in carey street, marsh, miry, morass, quag, quagmire, quicksand, sink, Slough, swamp), çamurlamak (bedrabble, bedraggle, bemire, bespatter, muddy, puddle, puddle about, slime, soil with mud), çamura batmak, çamura batırmak, çamur (aspersion, calumniation, clay, daub, dirt, gook, muck, mud, slime, slob, slosh, slush, soggy, squelch). (various references)

Ukrainian

трясовина (bog, morass, quagmire), загрузнути в трясовині, забруднити (bedaub, besmear, bruckle), болото (back water, bog, morass, ooze, quag, quagmire, slew, slue, sump, swamp, wash), багно (clay). (various references)

Vietnamese 

vũng bùn bãi lầy bêu rếu ai, sa lầy, l� m nhục ai lâm v� o cảnh khó khăn, bùn (quaggy, silt, slim). (various references)

Welsh

tom (dirt, dung), llutrod (ashes, debris), llaid (mud), baw (dirt, dung, filth). (various references)

caeni, caeno, cena, cenis, limo, limum. (various references)

adela. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "mire": mired, mires, mirex, mirexes. (additional references)

Words ending with "mire": admire, bemire, casimire, coadmire, pismire, quagmire. (additional references)

Words containing "mire": admired, admirer, admirers, admires, bemired, bemires, casimires, coadmired, coadmires, demirep, demireps, nonadmirer, nonadmirers, pismires, quagmires, semireligious, semiretired, semiretirement, semiretirements, unadmired. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Mire" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: imar, imr, Imreie, Imren, imrex, jire, Jireh, maer, maere, mahre, maigre, maiorem, maire, mairo, Mairwen, mamre, marea, Mareb, maref, marei, mareu, marey, marje, marre, Mdrec, meere, mehre, Meira, merde, meree, merey, merf, meri, meroe, merra, meru, merv, meure, mhra, miar, Mibei, micra, mide, mie, miee, mier, Miere, mife, mifet, mige, migrer, mihr, mihre, miqe, mirac, miraj, Miram, Mirar, Mirbel, mird, mirea, miren, mirer, miret, mirex, Mirey, mirf, mirg, mirge, mirh, Miric, Mirj, mirk, mirl, miroc, Mirov, mirp, mirq, Mirra, mirri, Mirro, mirs, mirt, mirum, mirv, mirz, misrel, mitren, mive, moreb, morec, moree, moref, moreg, morej, morep, morev, morew, Morfe, morme, morze, Mre, mrem, mru, msre, muer, Muire, mure, murre, Murree, mye, myer, Mypro, myr, myre, myrie, Myrmec, myrmex, myrre, Nier, nira, nire, Niri, Njiru, Nyree, omire, smiri, ymir. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: emir, rime.

-1 letter: ire, mir, rei, rem, rim.

-2 letters: em, er, me, mi, re.

+1 letter: aimer, crime, dimer, emirs, fermi, grime, merit, miler, mimer, miner, mired, mires, mirex, miser, miter, mitre, mixer, moire, prime, ramie, remit, remix, rimed, rimer, rimes, timer.

+2 letters: admire, aimers, airmen, armies, barmie, begrim, bemire, berime, bireme, cerium, chimer, crimes, dermic, dermis, dimers, dimmer, dormie, elmier, emigre, empire, epimer, erbium, ermine, fermis, filmer, firmed, firmer, fumier, gamier, grimed, grimes, hermai, hermit, homier, humeri, imager, imaret, imbrue, immure, impure, isomer, iterum, jimper, kermis, limber, limier, limmer, limner, limper, maigre, mailer, maimer, marine, mazier, megrim, memoir, menhir, merino, merits, merlin, metier, metric, milder, milers, milker, miller, milter, mimers, mincer, minder, miners, minter, mirage, mirier, mirker, misers, misery, mister, miters, mither, mitier, mitred, mitres, mixers, moiler, moires, mopier, murein, murine, permit, prelim, premie, premix, primed, primer, primes, ramies, reemit, refilm, regime, remail, remain, remind, remint, remise, remiss, remits, remixt, retime, retrim, rimers, rimier, rimmed, rimmer, rimose, rimple, roomie, simmer, simper, smiler, smiter, spirem, timber, timbre, timers, trimer, umpire, uremia, uremic, verism, vermin, vermis.