mire

mire (http://definr.com/mire)

     n : a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot [syn:
          quagmire, morass]
     v 1: entrap; "Our people should not be mired in the past" [syn: entangle]
     2: cause to get stuck as if in a mire; "The mud mired our cart"
        [syn: bog down]
     3: be unable to move further; "The car bogged down in the sand"
        [syn: get stuck, bog down]
     4: soil with mud, muck, or mire; "The child mucked up his shirt
        while playing ball in the garden" [syn: muck, mud, {muck
        up}]