mire

Significado (Inglês)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Deep mud; moist, spongy earth.
2. (countable, uncountable) A bog or fen; (in wetland science, specifically) a peatland which is actively forming peat, such as an active bog or fen.
3. (countable, uncountable) An undesirable situation; a predicament.

Verb

1. (transitive) To cause or permit to become stuck in mud; to plunge or fix in mud.
2. (intransitive) To sink into mud.
3. (figuratively, transitive) To weigh down.
4. (intransitive) To soil with mud or foul matter.

Conceitos

lodo

enlamear

pântano

barro

atolar-se

atoleiro

atolar

lama

Sinônimos

mud

bog

marsh

sludge

slime

quagmire

swamp

slough

muck

ooze

slush

dirt

silt

morass

fen

bog down

clay

get stuck

quag

muddy place

entangle

muddy

puddle

muck up

slack

soil

jam

swampland

filth

wet mud

loam

grind to a halt

soft mud

draggle

slop

swale

swampy

taint

trap

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wallow

welter

mudhole

mud puddle

smutch

wet dirt

muddy up

covered with dirt

Moor

sighting marker

alluvium

Traduções

fango

bourbe

Schlamm

βούρκος

Morast

modder

melma

moeras

Sümpfe

fange

βαλτότοπος

boue

Sumpf

pantano

marécage

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈmaɪə/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: mire

Cognato com sueco: myr

Cognato com norueguês: myr

Cognato com islandês: mýri

Cognato com holandês:

Cognato com inglês arcaico: mēos

Cognato com inglês arcaico: mos

Cognato com inglês: moss

In summary

From Middle English mire, a borrowing from Old Norse mýrr, from Proto-Germanic *miuzijō, whence also Swedish myr, Norwegian myr, Icelandic mýri, Dutch *mier (in placenames, for example Mierlo). Related to Proto-Germanic *meusą, whence Old English mēos, and Proto-Germanic *musą, whence Old English mos (English moss).