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(verb) soil with mud, muck, or mire; "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden" |
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Synonyms: muck, muck up, mud |
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Related Words: begrime, bemire, colly, dirty, grime, soil |
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(verb) cause to get stuck as if in a mire; "The mud mired our cart" |
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Synonyms: bog down |
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(noun) a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot |
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Synonyms: morass, quagmire |
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Related Words: bog, peat bog |
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(verb) entrap; "Our people should not be mired in the past" |
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Synonyms: entangle |
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Related Words: involve |
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(verb) be unable to move further; "The car bogged down in the sand" |
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Synonyms: bog down, get stuck |
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Related Words: get stranded, run aground, stand still |
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