mire in WordNet English dictionary

1. be unable to move further
   "The car bogged down in the sand"
   grind to a halt  get stuck  bog down  mire 
   
2. cause to get stuck as if in a mire
   "The mud mired our cart"
   mire  bog down 
   
3. entrap
   "Our people should not be mired in the past"
   entangle  mire 
   
4. soil with mud, muck, or mire
   "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden"
   mire  muck  mud  muck up 
   

1. a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
   mire  quagmire  quag  morass  slack 
   
2. a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from
   "the country is still trying to climb out of the mire left by its previous president"; "caught in the mire of poverty"
   mire 
   
3. deep soft mud in water or slush
   "they waded through the slop"
   slop  mire