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тряси́на — meaning in English

tryasina

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English meaning

  • mire noun An area of deep, soft mud or wet, boggy ground.
  • morass noun A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen.
  • quagmire noun An area of soft, wet, boggy ground that traps anything that steps into it.
  • swamp noun An area of wet, spongy, low-lying land, often with trees, that supports rich but sometimes difficult-to-access wildlife.

Senses

тряси́на is used for these senses in English:

  • mire Deep mud; moist, spongy earth.
  • morass A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen.
  • morass (figurative) Anything that entraps or makes progress difficult.
  • quagmire A swampy, soggy area of ground.
  • quagmire (figuratively) A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle.
  • swamp An area of wet (water-saturated), spongy (soft) land, often with trees, generally a rich ecosystem for certain plants and animals but ill-suited for many agricultural purposes. (A type of wetland. Compare marsh, bog, fen.)

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.

morass — full definition

  1. noun A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen.
  2. noun Anything that entraps or makes progress difficult.

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