Definition/Meaning of mire

• English - Noun: mire (countable and uncountable, plural mires) (countable, uncountable) Deep mud ; moist , spongy earth . 1872, Edward Everett Hale, Old and New, page 350: His laden feet sand and stuck in mire ; he was bedaubed with the blue-gray clay from head to foot; but he had escaped the deadly river! 1810, Jack and Jill, and old Dame Gill, York: J. Kendrew, page 12: Sow ran and squall'd,While Jack he…
• English - Verb: mire (third-person singular simple present mires, present participle miring, simple past and past participle mired) (transitive) To cause or permit to become stuck in mud; to plunge or fix in mud. to mire a horse or wagon (intransitive) To sink into mud. (figuratively, transitive) To weigh down . (intransitive) To soil with mud or foul matter. 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare,…
• English - Anagrams: emir , Meri , rime
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. From Middle English mire , a borrowing from Old Norse mýrr , from Proto-Germanic *miuzijō, whence also Swedish myr , Norwegian myr, Icelandic mýri , Dutch *mier (in placenames, for example Mierlo). Related to Proto-Germanic *meusą, whence Old English mēos , and Proto-Germanic *musą, whence Old English mos (English moss ). Doublet of (obsolete) mizzy . Etymology 2. From Middle…
• English - Pronunciation: (UK) IPA: /ˈmaɪə/ (US) IPA: /ˈmaɪɚ/ , /ˈmaɪɹ/ Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)