bourbier — meaning in English
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English meaning
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mire
noun An area of deep, soft mud or wet, boggy ground.
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morass
noun A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen.
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quagmire
noun An area of soft, wet, boggy ground that traps anything that steps into it.
Senses
bourbier is used for these senses in English:
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mire
Deep mud; moist, spongy earth.
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morass
(figurative) Anything that entraps or makes progress difficult.
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quagmire
A swampy, soggy area of ground.
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quagmire
(figuratively) A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle.
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tsuris
(US, colloquial, Jewish English) Problems or troubles.
mire — full definition
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noun An area of deep, soft mud or wet, boggy ground.
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noun A difficult or messy situation.
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verb To become stuck, as if in mud.
morass — full definition
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noun A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen.
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noun Anything that entraps or makes progress difficult.
