Mired

Mired
Mire Mire, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mired} (m[imac]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Miring}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To cause or permit to stick fast in mire; to plunge or fix in mud; as, to mire a horse or wagon. [1913 Webster]

2. Hence: To stick or entangle; to involve in difficulties; -- often used in the passive or predicate form; as, we got mired in bureaucratic red tape and it took years longer than planned. [PJC]

3. To soil with mud or foul matter. [1913 Webster]

Smirched thus and mired with infamy. --Shak. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • mired — [maıəd US maırd] adj [not before noun] literary 1.) stuck in a bad situation and unable to get out or make progress mired in ▪ a government mired in scandal and controversy 2.) stuck in mud or covered in mud …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Mired — Farbtemperatur in K Farbtemperatur in Mired …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • Mired — Close up of the Planckian locus in the CIE 1960 color space, with the isotherms in mireds. Note the even spacing of the isotherms when using the reciprocal temperature scale. The even spacing of the isotherms on the locus implies that the mired… …   Wikipedia

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  • mired — UK [maɪə(r)d] / US [maɪrd] adjective 1) caught in an unpleasant situation that you cannot easily escape from people mired in poverty 2) stuck in soft wet ground …   English dictionary

  • mired — adjective entangled or hindered as if e.g. in mire the difficulties in which the question is involved brilliant leadership mired in details and confusion • Syn: ↑involved • Similar to: ↑encumbered …   Useful english dictionary

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