What is the meaning of mired?

verb

  • Entrap.
    • usage: "Our people should not be mired in the past"
  • Cause to get stuck as if in a mire.
    • usage: "The mud mired our cart"
  • Be unable to move further.
    • usage: "The car bogged down in the sand"
  • Soil with mud, muck, or mire.
    • usage: "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden"

adjective

  • Entangled or hindered as if e. G. In mire.
    • usage: "the difficulties in which the question is involved"; "brilliant leadership mired in details and confusion"
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