mire /mīr/

1. Deep mud
2. A marshy area, a bog
3. Any problematical or ineluctable situation

1. To plunge and fix in mire
2. To soil with mud
3. To swamp, bog down

To sink in mud

mirˈiness noun

mirˈy adjective

1. Consisting of mire
2. Covered with mire

mireˈ-drum noun

The bittern

mireˈ-snipe noun

The common snipe

• forelaying
• forelays
• foreleg
• forelegs
• forelend
• forelending
• forelends
• forelent
• forelie
• forelies
• forelift
• forelifted
• forelifting
• forelifts
• forelimb
• forelimbs
• forelock
• forelocks
• forels
• forelying
• foreman
• foremast
• foremastman
• foremastmen
• foremasts