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mire  audio  (mr) KEY 

NOUN:
  1. An area of wet, soggy, muddy ground; a bog.
  2. Deep slimy soil or mud.
  3. A disadvantageous or difficult condition or situation: the mire of poverty.
VERB:
mired, mir·ing, mires
VERB:
tr.
    1. To cause to sink or become stuck in or as if in mire.
    2. To hinder, entrap, or entangle as if in mire.
  2. To soil with mud or mire.
VERB:
intr.
To sink or become stuck in mire.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old Norse mrr, bog


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