quagmire – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
quagmire
n.
soft wet ground that gives way underfoot; mud, wet soft earth; swamp, bog; difficult problem or situation
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).
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quagmire
Noun
1. a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
(synonym) mire, quag, morass
(hypernym) bog, peat bog
Quagmire
(n.)
Soft, wet, miry land, which shakes or yields under the feet.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
Quagmire
To dream of being in a quagmire, implies your inability to meet obligations. To see others thus situated, denotes that the failures of others will be felt by you. Illness is sometimes indicated by this dream.
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or "What's in a dream": a scientific and practical exposition; By Gustavus Hindman, 1910. For the open domain e-text see:
Guttenberg Project
