mire
31mire — /muyeur/, n., v., mired, miring. n. 1. a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh. 2. ground of this kind, as wet, slimy soil of some depth or deep mud. v.t. 3. to plunge and fix in mire; cause to stick fast in mire. 4. to involve;… …
32mire — /ˈmaɪə / (say muyuh) noun 1. a piece of wet, swampy ground. 2. ground of this kind; wet, slimy soil of some depth, or deep mud. –verb (mired, miring) –verb (t) 3. to plunge and fix in mire; cause to stick fast in mire. 4. to involve in… …
33MIRE — n. f. Sorte de bouton placé vers l’extrémité d’une arme à feu et qui sert à mirer. La mire d’un canon, d’un fusil. Ligne de mire, Ligne droite qui suit le rayon visuel pour aller de l’oeil à l’objet visé. Point de mire, Endroit où l’on veut que… …
34mire — mire1 [ maır ] noun singular an area of soft wet ground a. an unpleasant situation that you cannot easily escape from: Things have improved, but we re not out of the mire yet. b. drag someone s name through the mire to say or write things that… …
35mire — {{11}}mire (n.) c.1300, from a Scandinavian source (Cf. O.N. myrr bog, swamp ), from P.Gmc. *miuzja (Cf. O.E. mos bog, marsh ), from PIE *meus damp (see MOSS (Cf. moss)). {{12}}mire (v.) c.1400, in figurative sense of to involve in difficulties,… …
36mire — [[t]ma͟ɪ͟ə(r)[/t]] 1) N SING: oft N of n You can refer to an unpleasant or difficult situation as a mire of some kind. [LITERARY] ...a mire of poverty and ignorance. Syn: quagmire 2) N UNCOUNT Mire is dirt or mud. [LITERARY] ...the muck and mire… …
37mire — 1 noun (U) literary 1 drag sb s name through the mire to talk about someone publicly in a way that brings shame on them 2 in/into the mire more and more deeply involved in problems: The Party sank deeper into the mire of conflict. 3 deep mud 2… …
38mire — 1. noun 1) it s a mire out there Syn: swamp, bog, morass, quagmire, slough; swampland, wetland, marshland 2) they were stuck in the mire Syn: mud, slime, dirt, filth …
39mire — [[t]maɪər[/t]] n. v. mired, mir•ing 1) an area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh 2) ground of this kind, as deep mud 3) to cause to stick in mire 4) to involve; entangle 5) to soil with mire 6) to sink or stick in mire • Etymology: 1300–50; ME… …
40mire — admire affermir blêmir cachemire calmir casimir dormir endormir frémir gémir jalon mire kroumir mir mire raffermir redormir rendormir renformir vomir émir …
