mire – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
מילים נרדפות: peat bog,
bog,
mud,
clay,
difficulty,
involve,
stand still,
bemire,
dirty,
begrime,
grime,
soil,
colly
mire
n.
area of swampy land, marsh, bog; mud, muck
v.
muddy; become stuck in mud; become involved in difficulties, get in trouble
Mire
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A
mire or
quagmire, sometimes called a
peatland, is a
wetland terrain without forest cover dominated by living,
peat-forming plants. For botanists and ecologists, the term
peatland is a more general term for any terrain dominated by peat to a depth of at least , even if it has been completely drained (i.e., a peatland can be dry, but a mire by definition must be wet).
Miré
mire
Noun
1. a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
(synonym) quagmire, quag, morass
(hypernym) bog, peat bog
(derivation) muck, mud, muck up
Verb
1. entrap; "Our people should not be mired in the past"
(synonym) entangle
(hypernym) involve
2. cause to get stuck as if in a mire; "The mud mired our cart"
(synonym) bog down
(cause) grind to a halt, get stuck, bog down
(verb-group) grind to a halt, get stuck, bog down
(derivation) quagmire, quag, morass
3. be unable to move further; "The car bogged down in the sand"
(synonym) grind to a halt, get stuck, bog down
(hypernym) stand still
(hyponym) get stranded, run aground
(verb-group) bog down
(derivation) quagmire, quag, morass
4. soil with mud, muck, or mire; "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden"
(synonym) muck, mud, muck up
(hypernym) dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
(derivation) quagmire, quag, morass
mire
nf.
sight, target
mira
nf.
aim, goal, sight, target, gunpoint; end, view, design
