<p><strong>noun</strong></p><ul><li>a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.</li><li>ground of this kind, as wet, slimy soil of some depth or deep mud.</li></ul><p><strong>verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) mired, miring: to plunge and fix in mire; cause to stick fast in mire.</li><li>to involve; entangle.</li><li>to soil with mire; bespatter with mire.</li><li>(used without object) mired, miring: to sink and stick in mire or mud.</li></ul>