MIRES

Noun

mires

plural of mire

Verb

mires

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mire

Anagrams

• IMers, Miser, Reims, Rimes, emirs, miser, reims, reism, remis, riems, rimes

Proper noun

Mires

plural of Mire

Anagrams

• IMers, Miser, Reims, Rimes, emirs, miser, reims, reism, remis, riems, rimes

Source: Wiktionary


MIRE

Mire, n. Etym: [AS. mire, m; akin to D. mier, Icel. maurr, Dan. myre, Sw. myra; cf. also Ir. moirbh, Gr.

Definition: An ant. [Obs.] See Pismire.

Mire, n. Etym: [OE. mire, myre; akin to Icel. m swamp, Sw. myra marshy ground, and perh. to E. moss.]

Definition: Deep mud; wet, spongy earth. Chaucer. He his rider from the lofty steed Would have cast down and trod in dirty mire. Spenser. Mire crow (Zoöl.), the pewit, or laughing gull. [Prov. Eng.] -- Mire drum, the European bittern. [Prov. Eng.]

Mire, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mired; p. pr. & vb. n. Miring.]

1. To cause or permit to stick fast in mire; to plunge or fix in mud; as, to mire a horse or wagon.

2. To soil with mud or foul matter. Smirched thus and mired with infamy. Shak.

Mire, v. i.

Definition: To stick in mire. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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