Meaning & Definition of Mire in English

1. A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot

2. Deep soft mud in water or slush

• "They waded through the slop"

3. A difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from

• "The country is still trying to climb out of the mire left by its previous president"

• "Caught in the mire of poverty"

1. Entrap

• "Our people should not be mired in the past"

2. Cause to get stuck as if in a mire

• "The mud mired our cart"

3. Be unable to move further

• "The car bogged down in the sand"

4. Soil with mud, muck, or mire

• "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden"