mire

[ mahyuhr ]

noun

1. a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
2. ground of this kind, as wet, slimy soil of some depth or deep mud.

verb (used with object)

, mired, mir·ing.

1. to plunge and fix in mire; cause to stick fast in mire.
2. to involve; entangle.
3. to soil with mire; bespatter with mire.

verb (used without object)

, mired, mir·ing.

1. to sink and stick in mire or mud.

mire

/ maɪə /

noun

1. a boggy or marshy area
2. mud, muck, or dirt

verb

1. to sink or cause to sink in a mire
2. tr to make dirty or muddy
3. tr to involve, esp in difficulties

Derived Forms

• ˈmiriness, noun
• ˈmiry, adjective

Other Words From

• mired adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of mire¹

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English, from Old Norse mȳrr “bog”; cognate with Old English mēos moss

Word History and Origins

Origin of mire¹

C14: from Old Norse mӯrr; related to moss

Example Sentences

“Siempre lo miré que tenía el don,” Alfaro said.

From Los Angeles Times

The document, along with other justices' memos, accounts of the proceedings and testimony from sources the Times interviewed, offers a window into Roberts' high level of involvement in several cases that benefited Trump and ultimately helped him climb out of a mire of legal troubles that threatened to upend his 2024 presidential campaign.

From Salon

As it continues to shed its principles — its entire identity — to follow this one man further into the mire.

From Seattle Times

But on a pleasant Friday evening with 40,001 fans filling T-Mobile Park, the Mariners somehow managed to blow a four-run lead in the seventh inning and mire themselves in their typical late-inning, close-game drama.

From Seattle Times

The answer, according to the management team tasked with extricating the company from its financial mire, is that it was forced on the company by self-interested owners.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• bog down
• embroil
• enmesh
• ensnare
• entangle
• flounder
• implicate
• involve
• stick
• tangle
• trap