mire mīr An area of wet, soggy, muddy ground; a Deep slimy soil or A disadvantageous or difficult condition or situation the mire of mired, miring, mires a. To cause to sink or become stuck in To hinder, entrap, or To soil with mud or To sink or become stuck in mire.[Middle English, from Old Norse mȳrr, bog.]American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights maɪə n1. Physical Geography a boggy or marshy area2. mud, muck, or dirtvb3. to sink or cause to sink in a mire4. tr to make dirty or muddy5. tr to involve, esp in difficulties[C14 from Old Norse mӯrr; related to moss]ˈmiriness nˈmiry adjCollins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014mire maɪər n., v. mired, mir•ing. n. 1. an area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh. 2. ground of this kind, as deep mud. 3. to cause to stick in mire. 4. to involve; entangle. 5. to soil with mire. 6. to sink or stick in mire. [1300–50; Middle English < Old Norse mȳrr bog; c. Old English mēos moss] mir′y, adj. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights participle miredGerund miringImperativemiremirePresentI mireyou mirehe/she/it mireswe mireyou mirethey mirePreteriteI miredyou miredhe/she/it miredwe miredyou miredthey miredPresent ContinuousI am miringyou are miringhe/she/it is miringwe are miringyou are miringthey are miringPresent PerfectI have miredyou have miredhe/she/it has miredwe have miredyou have miredthey have miredPast ContinuousI was miringyou were miringhe/she/it was miringwe were miringyou were miringthey were miringPast PerfectI had miredyou had miredhe/she/it had miredwe had miredyou had miredthey had miredFutureI will mireyou will mirehe/she/it will mirewe will mireyou will mirethey will mireFuture PerfectI will have miredyou will have miredhe/she/it will have miredwe will have miredyou will have miredthey will have miredFuture ContinuousI will be miringyou will be miringhe/she/it will be miringwe will be miringyou will be miringthey will be miringPresent Perfect ContinuousI have been miringyou have been miringhe/she/it has been miringwe have been miringyou have been miringthey have been miringFuture Perfect ContinuousI will have been miringyou will have been miringhe/she/it will have been miringwe will have been miringyou will have been miringthey will have been miringPast Perfect ContinuousI had been miringyou had been miringhe/she/it had been miringwe had been miringyou had been miringthey had been miringConditionalI would mireyou would mirehe/she/it would mirewe would mireyou would mirethey would mirePast ConditionalI would have miredyou would have miredhe/she/it would have miredwe would have miredyou would have miredthey would have miredCollins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011 ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend - a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfootmorass, quag, quagmire, slackbog, peat bog - wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for - deep soft mud in water or slush; "they waded through the slop"slopmud, clay - water soaked soil; soft wet - 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"; "caught in the mire of poverty"difficulty - a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome; "grappling with financial difficulties" - entrap; "Our people should not be mired in the past"entangleinvolve - engage as a participant; "Don't involve me in your family affairs!" - cause to get stuck as if in a mire; "The mud mired our cart"bog downget stuck, grind to a halt, mire, bog down - be unable to move further; "The car bogged down in the sand" - be unable to move further; "The car bogged down in the sand"get stuck, grind to a halt, bog downstand still - remain in place; hold still; remain fixed or immobile; "Traffic stood still when the funeral procession passed by"bog down, mire - cause to get stuck as if in a mire; "The mud mired our cart" - soil with mud, muck, or mire; "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden"mud, muck up, muckbegrime, bemire, colly, dirty, grime, soil - make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!"Based on WordNet Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex the mire in trouble, entangled, in difficulties, encumbered We're still in the mire, but I think we're good enough to Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002mirenoun1. A usually low-lying area of soft waterlogged ground and standing waterbog, fen, marsh, marshland, morass, muskeg, quag, quagmire, slough, swamp, swampland, A viscous, usually offensively dirty substanceverb The American Heritage Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. TranslationsCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005mire Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995