OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 13586

mire

/ˈmaɪə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
barrizal • barro • cieno • fangal • fango • lodazal
Deep mud; moist, spongy earth.
His laden feet sand and stuck in mire; he was bedaubed with the blue-gray clay from head to foot; but he had escaped the deadly river!
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 13587

mire

/ˈmaɪə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
empantanar
To cause or permit to become stuck in mud; to plunge or fix in mud.
to mire a horse or wagon
empantanarse
To sink into mud.
Phrases