mire, n.
(mires)
freq. cnt. 1
(mires)
freq. cnt. 1
a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
<noun.object> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
mire morass quag quagmire slack
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from
<noun.state>
mire
sample sentences
"the country is still trying to climb out of the mire left by its previous president""caught in the mire of poverty"
semantic pointers
hypernym
deep soft mud in water or slush
<noun.substance>
mire slop