MIRE


Meaning of MIRE in English

I. noun

Synonyms: swamp , baygall, bog, fen, marsh, morass, ||moss, quag, quagmire, ||sump

Related Word: muck

II. verb

1.

Synonyms: delay 1, bog (down), decelerate, detain, embog, hang up, retard, set back, slacken, slow (up or down)

Related Word: bemire, sink; adhere, cleave, cling, cohere, stick; enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entrap, involve, snare, trap

2.

Synonyms: involve 1, embroil, implicate, tangle

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