mire

Speech parts

1. mire - Noun

2. mire - Verb

3. Mire - Proper noun

Meaning

An ant.

Deep mud; wet, spongy earth.

To cause or permit to stick fast in mire; to plunge or fix in mud; as, to mire a horse or wagon.

To soil with mud or foul matter.

To stick in mire.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

quagmire mud muck morass entangle bog down marsh fen slack bog involve swamp sludge slop quag
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Antonyms

acme apogee avatar nonesuch best apex
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Hypernyms

clay bog colly soil difficulty involve

Phrases with the word

mire drummer sphagnum mire drag through the mire mire minnow mire tortoise mire turtle

Derivatives

mired miring

Anagrams

emir reim rime Meir IMer Meri Remi riem

Examples

The car bogged down in the sand Source: Internet

The mud mired our cart Source: Internet

Our people should not be mired in the past Source: Internet

the country is still trying to climb out of the mire left by its previous president Source: Internet

caught in the mire of poverty Source: Internet

they waded through the slop Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Mirdamadi Mirdasid mirdle mire drummer mire minnow mire tortoise