Definizione monolingua

mire

mire (third-person singular simple present mires, present participle miring, simple past and past participle mired)

1. To weigh down.
2. Cause to become stuck in mud.

mire (plural mires)

1. Deep mud; moist, spongy earth.
   • When Caliban was lazy and neglected his work, Ariel (who was invisible to all eyes but Prospero’s) would come slyly and pinch him, and sometimes tumble him down in the mire. (Charles Lamb, Tales from Shakespeare, Hatier, coll. « Les Classiques pour tous » n° 223, p. 51)
2. An undesirable situation, a predicament.

mire

1. onto what

Definizione dizionario mire

fango

infangare

melma

pantano

Altri significati:

To weigh down.

(obsolete) An ant.

An undesirable situation, a predicament.

deep mud

Deep mud; moist, spongy earth.