Mired

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mire \Mire\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mired} (m[imac]rd); p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Miring}.]
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     1. To cause or permit to stick fast in mire; to plunge or fix
        in mud; as, to mire a horse or wagon.
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     2. Hence: To stick or entangle; to involve in difficulties;
        -- often used in the passive or predicate form; as, we got
        mired in bureaucratic red tape and it took years longer
        than planned.
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     3. To soil with mud or foul matter.
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              Smirched thus and mired with infamy.  --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mired
       adj : entangled or hindered as if e.g. in mire; "the difficulties
             in which the question is involved"; "brilliant
             leadership mired in details and confusion" [syn: {involved}]