Mire - definition of mire by The Free Dictionary 1 An area of wet, soggy, muddy ground; a bog 2 Deep slimy soil or mud 3 A disadvantageous or difficult condition or situation: the mire of poverty
MIRE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary Debt charities helped people mired in mountains of debt over unpaid rent and utility bills The case has been mired in secrecy and delay Those moves have been mired in legal wrangling But the plan is increasingly mired in controversy This half-century has not been mired in futility
mire - Wiktionary, the free dictionary mire (third-person singular simple present mires, present participle miring, simple past and past participle mired) (intransitive) To sink into mud (transitive, figurative) To weigh down
What does Mire mean? - Definitions. net A mire, peatland, or quagmire is a wetland area dominated by living peat-forming plants Mires arise because of incomplete decomposition of organic matter, usually litter from vegetation, due to water-logging and subsequent anoxia
Mire - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com Mire still has its original, though less-used, sense of a slushy, muddy bit of land that gives way underfoot, also known as a quagmire One of the most famous mires in literary history was the one haunted by the Hound of the Baskervilles in Conan Doyle's classic