Noun

• S: (n) mire (mire%1:17:00::), quagmire (quagmire%1:17:00::), quag (quag%1:17:00::), morass (morass%1:17:00::), slack (slack%1:17:01::) (a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot)
• S: (n) slop (slop%1:27:00::), mire (mire%1:27:00::) (deep soft mud in water or slush) "they waded through the slop"
• S: (n) mire (mire%1:26:00::) (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"

Verb

• S: (v) entangle (entangle%2:42:00::), mire (mire%2:42:00::) (entrap) "Our people should not be mired in the past"
• S: (v) mire (mire%2:38:01::), bog down (bog_down%2:38:01::) (cause to get stuck as if in a mire) "The mud mired our cart"
• S: (v) grind to a halt (grind_to_a_halt%2:38:00::), get stuck (get_stuck%2:38:00::), bog down (bog_down%2:38:00::), mire (mire%2:38:00::) (be unable to move further) "The car bogged down in the sand"
• S: (v) mire (mire%2:35:00::), muck (muck%2:35:00::), mud (mud%2:35:00::), muck up (muck_up%2:35:00::) (soil with mud, muck, or mire) "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden"