Read the dictionary definition of mire. All definitions for this word.
1. a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
2. a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from
1. the country is still trying to climb out of the mire left by its previous president
2. caught in the mire of poverty
3. deep soft mud in water or slush
1. they waded through the slop
4. soil with mud, muck, or mire
1. The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden
5. be unable to move further
1. The car bogged down in the sand
6. cause to get stuck as if in a mire
1. The mud mired our cart
7. entrap
1. Our people should not be mired in the past