MIRE

Mire

A mire, also referred to as a quagmire, sometimes called a peatland, is a wetland terrain dominated by living, peat-forming plants.

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mire

Noun

  1. Deep mud; moist, spongy earth.
  2. An undesirable situation, a predicament.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. An ant.

Verb

  1. To weigh down.
  2. To cause or permit to become stuck in mud; to plunge or fix in mud.
    to mire a horse or wagon
  3. To soil with mud or foul matter.


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