Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)slop, miredeep soft mud in water or slush“they waded through the slop” (n)mirea 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” Verbs
(v)entangle, mireentrap“Our people should not be mired in the past” (v)mire, bog downcause to get stuck as if in a mire“The mud mired our cart” (v)mire, muck, mud, muck upsoil with mud, muck, or mire“The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden”