A mire is mushy ground like quicksand, so if you feel yourself trapped in a sticky situation, consider yourself mired. One gets mired IN something like in a dispute or in a love triangle.
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Noun
a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
Verb
soil with mud, muck, or mire; "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden"
Verb
be unable to move further; "The car bogged down in the sand"
Verb
cause to get stuck as if in a mire; "The mud mired our cart"
Verb
entrap; "Our people should not be mired in the past"
n.
An ant.
n.
Deep mud; wet, spongy earth.
v. t.
To cause or permit to stick fast in mire; to plunge or fix
in mud; as, to mire a horse or wagon.
v. t.
To soil with mud or foul matter.
v. i.
To stick in mire.
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He his rider from the lofty steed Would have cast down and trod in dirty mire.
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Smirched thus and mired with infamy.
Mire
An ant. [Obs.] See
Deep mud; wet, spongy earth.
To cause or permit to stick fast in mire; to plunge or fix in mud;
To stick in mire.
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