Muck vs. Mire

Mucknoun

Slimy mud.

Mucknoun

Soft or slimy manure.

Mucknoun

dirt; something that makes another thing dirty.

Mucknoun

Anything filthy or vile.

Mucknoun

money

Muckverb

To shovel muck.

Muckverb

To manure with muck.

Muckverb

To do a dirty job.

Muckverb

To pass, to fold without showing one's cards, often done when a better hand has already been revealed.

Muckadverb

Abbreviation of Amuck.

Mucknoun

Dung in a moist state; manure.

Mucknoun

Vegetable mold mixed with earth, as found in low, damp places and swamps.

Mucknoun

Anything filthy or vile.

Mucknoun

Money; - in contempt.

Mucknoun

The unwanted material, especially rock or soil, that must be excavated in order to reach the valuable ore; also, the unwanted material after being excavated or crushed by blasting, or after being removed to a waste pile. In the latter sense, also called a muck pile.

Muckadjective

Like muck; mucky; also, used in collecting or distributing muck; as, a muck fork.

Muckverb

To manure with muck.

Muckverb

To excavate and remove muck{5}. Often used with out, as, to muck out a round.

Mucknoun

any thick messy substance

Mucknoun

fecal matter of animals

Muckverb

remove muck, clear away muck, as in a mine

Muckverb

spread manure, as for fertilization

Muckverb

soil with mud, muck, or mire;

Mucknoun

dirt, rubbish, or waste matter

Mucknoun

farmyard manure, widely used as fertilizer

Mucknoun

something regarded as distasteful, unpleasant, or of poor quality

Muckverb

remove manure and other dirt from a horse's stable or other animal's dwelling

Muckverb

spread manure on (land)

Mirenoun

Deep mud; moist, spongy earth.

Mirenoun

An undesirable situation, a predicament.

Mirenoun

(obsolete) An ant.

Mireverb

(transitive) To cause or permit to become stuck in mud; to plunge or fix in mud.

Mireverb

(intransitive) To sink into mud.

Mireverb

To weigh down.

Mireverb

(intransitive) To soil with mud or foul matter.

Mirenoun

An ant.

Mirenoun

Deep mud; wet, spongy earth.

Mireverb

To cause or permit to stick fast in mire; to plunge or fix in mud; as, to mire a horse or wagon.

Mireverb

To stick or entangle; to involve in difficulties; - often used in the passive or predicate form; as, we got mired in bureaucratic red tape and it took years longer than planned.

Mireverb

To soil with mud or foul matter.

Mireverb

To stick in mire.

Mirenoun

a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot

Mireverb

entrap;

Mireverb

cause to get stuck as if in a mire;

Mireverb

be unable to move further;

Mireverb

soil with mud, muck, or mire;

Mirenoun

a stretch of swampy or boggy ground

Mirenoun

soft mud or dirt

Mirenoun

a wetland area or ecosystem based on peat.

Mirenoun

a complicated or unpleasant situation from which it is difficult to extricate oneself

Mireverb

cause to become stuck in mud

Mireverb

cover or spatter with mud

Mireverb

involve someone or something in (a difficult situation)

Mire

A mire, peatland, or quagmire is a wetland area dominated by living peat-forming plants. Mires arise because of incomplete decomposition of organic matter, usually litter from vegetation, due to water-logging and subsequent anoxia.