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Mire
01
deep soft mud in water or slush
02
a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Simple
Countable
Plural form
mires
03
a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from
to mire
01
soil with mud, muck, or mire
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
mire
3rd person singular
mires
Present participle
miring
Past simple
mired
Past participle
mired
02
be unable to move further
03
to cause to get stuck or be immersed as if in mud
04
entrap
Lexical Tree
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