"mires" 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"

"mires" 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"

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