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mire

noun (mire, mires); verb (mire, mires, mired, miring)

«mire» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

Mire is deep, wet mud or soft ground that sucks at your feet. tree →
To mire is to get stuck in mud, or to be held back in trouble. tree →

In the lessons

in stories, a traveller or animal sinks into the soft ground and must be pulled out

Examples

The cart sank deep in the mire. tree →
Our boots were thick with mire after the rain. tree →
The horse was stuck fast in the mire. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

In Jewish tradition

Mire is deep mud. In the Bible it often stands for trouble, danger or being cast low.

Interpretation. Job's words about the mire are read as a picture of suffering, and also of how fragile human beings are.

Examples

Can the rush shoot up without mire? (Writings JOB.8.11, JPS 1917) tree →
Sharpest potsherds are under him; he spreadeth a threshing-sledge upon the mire. (Writings JOB.41.22, JPS 1917) tree →
He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes. (Writings JOB.30.19, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «mire» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«mire» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «mire» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«mire» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.

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