Definition of mire

"mire" in the noun sense

1. mire, quagmire, quag, morass, slack

a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot

2. slop, mire

deep soft mud in water or slush

"they waded through the slop"

3. mire

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"

"mire" in the verb sense

1. entangle, mire

entrap

"Our people should not be mired in the past"

2. mire, bog down

cause to get stuck as if in a mire

"The mud mired our cart"

3. grind to a halt, get stuck, bog down, mire

be unable to move further

"The car bogged down in the sand"

4. mire, muck, mud, muck up

soil with mud, muck, or mire

"The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden"

Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)

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Quotations for mire

To doubt is to dip love in the mire. [ J. M. Barrie ]

To get out of one mire to run into another. [ Proverb ]

Leave us in the dirt and find us in the mire. [ Proverb ]

Honest water, which never left man in the mire. [ William Shakespeare ]

Likely lies in the mire, when unlikely gets over. [ Proverb ]

What avails it me, to draw one foot out of the mire, and stick the other in? [ Proverb ]

mire in Scrabble®

The word mire is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 6

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters mire:

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mire in Words With Friends™

The word mire is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters mire:

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Word Growth involving mire

Shorter words in mire

re ire

mi

Longer words containing mire

admire admired coadmired

admire admired selfadmired

admire admired unadmired

admire admirer admirers nonadmirers

admire admirer admirers selfadmirers

admire admirer nonadmirer nonadmirers

admire admirer selfadmirer selfadmirers

admire admires coadmires

admire admires selfadmires

admire coadmire coadmired

admire coadmire coadmires

admire selfadmire selfadmired

admire selfadmire selfadmirer selfadmirers

admire selfadmire selfadmires

bemire bemired

bemire bemirement

bemire bemires

demirelief demireliefs

demirep demireps

mired admired coadmired

mired admired selfadmired

mired admired unadmired

mired bemired

mirepoix

mires admires coadmires

mires admires selfadmires

mires bemires

mires quagmires

mires semirespectability

mires semirespectable

quagmire quagmires

semirefined

semiregular semiregularities

semiregular semiregularity

semiregular semiregularly

semiregular semiregularness

semiretired

semiretirement