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Translate mire from English to Swedish

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mire:
- smuts; lerig

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Detailed Translations for mire from English to Swedish

mire:

mire [the ~] noun

the mire (sludge; mud)
smuts; lerig
- smuts [-en] noun
- lerig noun

Translation Matrix for mire:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
lerig	mire; mud; sludge
smuts	mire; mud; sludge	dirt; dredgings; filth; mud; mud flat; silt; slush; smuts
-	morass; quag; quagmire; slack; slop
Verb	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	bog down; entangle; get stuck; grind to a halt; muck; muck up; mud
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
lerig		loam; mud; muddy

Related Words for "mire":

mires

Synonyms for "mire":

quagmire; quag; morass; slack; bog; peat bog
slop; mud; clay
difficulty
entangle; involve
bog down
grind to a halt; get stuck; stand still
muck; mud; muck up; dirty; soil; begrime; grime; colly; bemire

Related Definitions for "mire":

a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot¹
a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from¹
- the country is still trying to climb out of the mire left by its previous president¹
- caught in the mire of poverty¹
deep soft mud in water or slush¹
soil with mud, muck, or mire¹
be unable to move further¹
cause to get stuck as if in a mire¹
- The mud mired our cart¹
entrap¹
- Our people should not be mired in the past¹

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University