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mire

English

🔊 a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
🔊 a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from
“the country is still trying to climb out of the mire left by its previous president”
🔊 deep soft mud in water or slush
“they waded through the slop”
🔊 soil with mud, muck, or mire
“The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden”
🔊 cause to get stuck as if in a mire
“The mud mired our cart”
🔊 entrap
“Our people should not be mired in the past”
🔊 be unable to move further
“The car bogged down in the sand”