mire

[1]	enmire , bog down , become entangled/tangled , become enmeshed/meshed , become involved
[2]	dirty , entangle , soil , begrime , muddy , befoul , besmirch , sully , tarnish , smear , blacken , defile , smudge
[3]	bog down
[4]	grind to a halt , get stuck , bog down
[5]	muck , mud , muck up

[1]	swamp , quagmire , quag , bog , fen , morass , slack , marsh , quagmire , morass , slough , (Brit) sump
[2]	mud , slop , ooze , muck , slime , dirt