Morast — meaning in English

English meaning

• mire noun An area of deep, soft mud or wet, boggy ground.
• quagmire noun An area of soft, wet, boggy ground that traps anything that steps into it.
• slump verb To sit or stand with a drooping, heavy posture, often from tiredness.

Senses

Morast is used for these senses in English:

• mire Deep mud; moist, spongy earth.
• quagmire A swampy, soggy area of ground.
• slump (geology) A form of mass wasting in which a coherent mass of loosely consolidated materials or a rock layer moves a short distance down a slope.

mire — full definition

1. noun An area of deep, soft mud or wet, boggy ground.
2. noun A difficult or messy situation.
3. verb To become stuck, as if in mud.

quagmire — full definition

1. noun An area of soft, wet, boggy ground that traps anything that steps into it.
2. noun A complicated, difficult situation that is hard to escape from.

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