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entangle: entrap; "Our people should not be mired in the past" a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot cause to get stuck as if in a mire; "The mud mired our cart" slop: deep soft mud in water or slush; "they waded through the slop" grind to a halt: be unable to move further; "The car bogged down in the sand" 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" soil with mud, muck, or mire; "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden"
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| mire |
Deep, slimy soil or mud.
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| mire |
(1) General term which embraces all those peat-forming ecosystems described in English by such other terms as bog, fen, carr, muskeg, moor, and peatland. Does not include marshes since they are, by definition, nonpeat-forming and are seasonally flooded. Mires are subdivided into fens and bogs on the basis of the origin and chemistry of their respective water supplies. ...
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Used mainly in Europe to include any peat-forming wetland (bog or fen).
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| Mirena |
progestin-releasing intrauterine delivery system. It offers a reliable, easy-to-use and innovative method of family planning. Mirena ?is inserted into the uterus, where it releases low doses of the progestin levonorgestrel over a period of five years.
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