4 entries under this word

Mire

Mīre, n.

noun

n. [A-S. myre, Icel. myri, Sw. myra, marshy ground.] Earth so wet and soft as to yield to pressure; deep mud.

Mire, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. MIRED; p. pr. & vb. n. MIRING.]

Sense 1. To plunge and fix in mire; to set or stall in mud.

Sense 2. To soil or daub with mud or foul matter.

Mire, v. i.

verbintransitive

To sink in mud, or to sink so deep as to be unable to move forward.

Mire, n.

noun

n. [A-S. mire, myre, Dan. myre, Sw. myra, Icel. maur, L. Ger. mire, O. D. & N. H. Gr. miere, N. D. mier, allied to W. mor, Ir. moirb, Per. mār, O. Per. mōirīna, Gr. μύρμηξ, Russ. муравей, O. Slav. mravy, mravii, Pol. mrowka.] An ant. [Obs.] See PISMIRE.