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- [mahyuh r]
- /maɪər/
- /maɪər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [mahyuh r]
- /maɪər/
Definitions of mire word
- noun mire a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh. 1
- noun mire ground of this kind, as wet, slimy soil of some depth or deep mud. 1
- verb with object mire to plunge and fix in mire; cause to stick fast in mire. 1
- verb with object mire to involve; entangle. 1
- verb with object mire to soil with mire; bespatter with mire. 1
- verb without object mire to sink in mire or mud; stick. 1
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Origin of mire
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English < Old Norse mȳrr bog; cognate with Old English mēos moss
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Parts of speech for Mire
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
mire popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
mire usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for mire
verb mire
- bog down — If a plan or process bogs down or if something bogs it down, it is delayed and no progress is made.
- implicate — to show to be also involved, usually in an incriminating manner: to be implicated in a crime.
- involve — to include as a necessary circumstance, condition, or consequence; imply; entail: This job involves long hours and hard work.
- flounder — to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water.
- stick — a thrust with a pointed instrument; stab.
noun mire
- swamp — a tract of wet, spongy land, often having a growth of certain types of trees and other vegetation, but unfit for cultivation.
- marsh — Dame (Edith) Ngaio [nahy-oh] /ˈnaɪ oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1982, New Zealand writer of detective novels.
- mud — wet, soft earth or earthy matter, as on the ground after rain, at the bottom of a pond, or along the banks of a river; mire.
- sludge — mud, mire, or ooze; slush.
- slush — partly melted snow.
Antonyms for mire
verb mire
noun mire
- re — regular expression
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