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Definition mire

Etymology 1

From Middle English mire, a borrowing from Old Norse mýrr, from Proto-Germanic *miuzij?, whence also Swedish myr, Norwegian myr, Icelandic mýri, Dutch *mier (in placenames, for example Mierlo). Related to Proto-Germanic *meus?, whence Old English m?os, and Proto-Germanic *mus?, whence Old English mos (English moss).

Noun

mire (countable and uncountable, plural mires)

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

Verb

mire (third-person singular simple present mires, present participle miring, simple past and past participle mired)

1. (transitive) To cause or permit to become stuck in mud; to plunge or fix in mud.
2. (intransitive) To sink into mud.
3. (transitive, figuratively) To weigh down.
4. (intransitive) To soil with mud or foul matter.

Etymology 2

From Middle English mire, from Old English *m?re, *m?ere, from Proto-Germanic *miurij?. Cognate to Old Norse maurr, Danish myre, Middle Dutch miere (“ant”) (Dutch mier). All probably from Proto-Indo-European *morwi (“ant”), whence also cognate to Latin form?ca.

Noun

mire (plural mires)

1. (obsolete) An ant.

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