vverb.stativeentrapSynset:entangle mire
Examples:- Our people should not be mired in the past
Derivationally Related Form:entanglement
Hypernyms:involve
Inherited Hypernyms:entangleinvolveadmitpermitacceptreactact
Sentence Frame:Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.motioncause to get stuck as if in a mireSynset:bog down mire
Derivationally Related Form:mire
Inherited Hypernyms:mire
Causes:bog down get stuck grind to a halt mire
Sentence Frame:Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.motionbe unable to move furtherSynset:bog down get stuck grind to a halt mire
Examples:- The car bogged down in the sand
Derivationally Related Form:mire
Hypernyms:stand still
Inherited Hypernyms:grind to a haltstand still
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s
vverb.contactsoil with mud, muck, or mireSynset:mire muck muck up mud
Examples:- The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden
Derivationally Related Form:miremudmuck
Hypernyms:begrime bemire colly dirty grime soil
Inherited Hypernyms:miredirtychange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
adj satadj.allentangled or hindered as if e.g. in mireSynset:involved
Examples:- the difficulties in which the question is involved
- brilliant leadership mired in details and confusion
Antonyms:unencumbered
Inherited Hypernyms:involved
Similar to:encumbered