English to English
noun
- a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
source: WordNet 3.0
- deep soft mud in water or slush
They waded through the slop.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from
The country is still trying to climb out of the mire left by its previous president.
Caught in the mire of poverty.
source: WordNet 3.0
- An ant.
source: Webster 1913
- Deep mud; wet, spongy earth.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- entrap
Our people should not be mired in the past.
source: WordNet 3.0
- cause to get stuck as if in a mire
The mud mired our cart.
source: WordNet 3.0
- be unable to move further
The car bogged down in the sand.
source: WordNet 3.0
- soil with mud, muck, or mire
The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To cause or permit to stick fast in mire; to plunge or fix in mud; as, to mire a horse or wagon.
source: Webster 1913
- To stick in mire.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [máir] Burak; banlík; lusak
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
