profuse | | |
adj. | 1. exuberant, lush, luxuriant, profuse, riotous | produced or growing in extreme abundance.; "their riotous blooming" |
| ~ abundant | present in great quantity.; "an abundant supply of water" |
rampant | | |
adj. | 1. rampant | unrestrained and violent.; "rampant aggression" |
| ~ uncontrolled | not being under control; out of control.; "the greatest uncontrolled health problem is AIDS"; "uncontrolled growth" |
adj. | 2. rampant, rearing | rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile.; "a lion rampant" |
| ~ heraldry | the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies. |
| ~ erect, upright, vertical | upright in position or posture.; "an erect stature"; "erect flower stalks"; "for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression"; "a column still vertical amid the ruins"; "he sat bolt upright" |
adj. | 3. rampant | (of a plant) having a lush and unchecked growth.; "a rampant growth of weeds" |
| ~ abundant | present in great quantity.; "an abundant supply of water" |
mire | | |
n. (object) | 1. mire, morass, quag, quagmire, slack | a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot. |
| ~ bog, peat bog | wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel. |
n. (substance) | 2. mire, slop | deep soft mud in water or slush.; "they waded through the slop" |
| ~ mud, clay | water soaked soil; soft wet earth. |
n. (state) | 3. mire | a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from.; "the country is still trying to climb out of the mire left by its previous president"; "caught in the mire of poverty" |
| ~ difficulty | a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome.; "grappling with financial difficulties" |
v. (stative) | 4. entangle, mire | entrap.; "Our people should not be mired in the past" |
| ~ involve | engage as a participant.; "Don't involve me in your family affairs!" |
v. (motion) | 5. bog down, mire | cause to get stuck as if in a mire.; "The mud mired our cart" |
| ~ get stuck, grind to a halt, bog down, mire | be unable to move further.; "The car bogged down in the sand" |
| ~ get stuck, grind to a halt, bog down, mire | be unable to move further.; "The car bogged down in the sand" |
v. (motion) | 6. bog down, get stuck, grind to a halt, mire | be unable to move further.; "The car bogged down in the sand" |
| ~ stand still | remain in place; hold still; remain fixed or immobile.; "Traffic stood still when the funeral procession passed by" |
| ~ bog down, mire | cause to get stuck as if in a mire.; "The mud mired our cart" |
v. (contact) | 7. mire, muck, muck up, mud | soil with mud, muck, or mire.; "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden" |
| ~ begrime, bemire, colly, dirty, grime, soil | make soiled, filthy, or dirty.; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!" |
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