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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

mire / mīr/ • n. a stretch of swampy or boggy ground. ∎ soft and slushy mud or dirt. ∎ fig. a situation or state of difficulty, distress, or embarrassment from which it is hard to extricate oneself: he has been left to squirm in a mire of new allegations. ∎ Ecol. a wetland area or ecosystem based on peat. • v. [tr.] (usu. be mired) cause to become stuck in mud: sometimes a heavy truck gets mired down. ∎ cover or spatter with mud. ∎ (mire someone/something in) fig. involve someone or something in (difficulties): the economy is mired in its longest recession since World War II.

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mire

A Dictionary of Plant Sciences | 1998 | | Copyright

mire A general term for a wetland area and its associated vegetation, applied most often to peaty areas.

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MICHAEL ALLABY. "mire." A Dictionary of Plant Sciences. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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mire

A Dictionary of Ecology | 2004 | | Copyright

mire A general term for a wetland area and its associated ecosystem, applied most often to peaty areas.

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mire

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

mire † swamp, bog; mud. XIV. ME. müre, myre — ON. mýrr, rel. to MOSS.

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T. F. HOAD. "mire." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

T. F. HOAD. "mire." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-mire.html

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mire

A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | | Copyright

mire Generally, a wetland area, especially a peaty area, and its associated ecosystem.

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mire

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

mire •acquire, admire, afire, applier, aspire, attire, ayah, backfire, barbwire, bemire, briar, buyer, byre, choir, conspire, crier, cryer, defier, denier, desire, dire, drier, dryer, dyer, enquire, entire, esquire, expire, fire, flyer, friar, fryer, Gaia, gyre, hellfire, hire, hiya, ire, Isaiah, jambalaya, Jeremiah, Josiah, Kintyre, latria, liar, lyre, Maia, Maya, Mayer, messiah, mire, misfire, Nehemiah, Obadiah, papaya, pariah, peripeteia, perspire, playa, Praia, prior, pyre, quire, replier, scryer, shire, shyer, sire, skyer, Sophia, spire, squire, supplier, Surabaya, suspire, tier, tire, transpire, trier, tumble-dryer, tyre, Uriah, via, wire, Zechariah, Zedekiah, Zephaniah •homebuyer

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