MIRE


Meaning of MIRE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ maɪə(r) ]

1.

You can refer to an unpleasant or difficult situation as a mire of some kind. ( LITERARY )

...a mire of poverty and ignorance.

N-SING : oft N of n

2.

Mire is dirt or mud. ( LITERARY )

...the muck and mire of sewers and farmyards.

N-UNCOUNT

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