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bemire
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb bemire has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
bemire, v. t.
To drag through, encumber with, or fix in, the mire; to soil by passing through mud or dirt. [1913 Webster]
"Bemired and benighted in the dog."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
bemire, v.tr.
1 cover or stain with mud.
2 (in passive) be stuck in mud.
1 cover or stain with mud.
2 (in passive) be stuck in mud.
Etymology
BE- + MIRE
THESAURUS
bemire
begrime, bemud, besmoke, bog, bog down, dirt, dirty, dirty up, dust, grime, mire, muck, muck up, muddy, sink in, slime, smoke, soot, stodgeROGET THESAURUS
bemire
Uncleanness
VB be unclean, become unclean, rot, putrefy, ferment, fester, rankle, reek, stink, mold, molder, go bad, render unclean, dirt, dirty, daub, blot, blur, smudge, smutch, soil, smoke, tarnish, slaver, spot, smear, smirch, begrease, dabble, drabble, draggle, daggle, spatter, slubber, besmear, bemire, beslime, begrime, befoul, splash, stain, distain, maculate, sully, pollute, defile, debase, contaminate, taint, leaven, corrupt, cover with dust, drabble in the mud, roil, wallow in the mire, slobber, slabber.
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