mire

1. n. An ant. Source: opted

2. n. Deep mud; wet, spongy earth. Source: opted

3. v. t. To cause or permit to stick fast in mire; to plunge or fix in mud; as, to mire a horse or wagon. Source: opted

4. v. t. To soil with mud or foul matter. Source: opted

5. v. i. To stick in mire. Source: opted

6. n. a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot Source: wordnet

7. n. deep soft mud in water or slush Source: wordnet

8. n. a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from Source: wordnet

9. v. cause to get stuck as if in a mire Source: wordnet

10. v. be unable to move further Source: wordnet

11. v. soil with mud, muck, or mire Source: wordnet

12. An ant. [Obs.] See Pismire. Deep mud; wet, spongy earth. Chaucer. He his rider from the lofty steed Would have cast down and trod in dirty mire. Spenser. Mire crow (Zoöl.), the pewit, or laughing gull. [Prov. Eng.] -- Mire drum, the European bittern. [Prov. Eng.] 1. To cause or permit to stick fast in mire; to plunge or fix in mud; as, to mire a horse or wagon. 2. To soil with mud or foul matter. Smirched thus and mired with infamy. Shak. To stick in mire. Shak. Source: webster

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