1. (v.t.)tire to reduce or exhaust the strength of; make weary.
2. tire to exhaust the interest or patience of; bore.
3. (v.i.)tire to have the strength reduced or exhausted; be or become weary or fatigued.
4. tire to have one's interest or patience exhausted; become bored: to tire of playing games.
5. (n.)tire a ring or band of rubber, either solid or hollow and inflated, or of metal, placed over the rim of a wheel to provide traction or resistance to wear.
6. (v.t.)tire Archaic. to dress (the head or hair).
7. tire Obs. to attire or array.
8. (n.)tire Archaic. a headdress.
9. tire Obs. attire or dress.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME; aph. var. of attire)
Definition of 'Tire'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (verb)tire, tyre hoop that covers a wheel "automobile tires are usually made of rubber and filled with compressed air"
2. (verb)tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jade lose interest or become bored with something or somebody "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food"
3. (verb)tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress "We wore ourselves out on this hike"
4. (verb)run down, exhaust, play out, sap, tire deplete "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"
8. (verb)Tire to seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does
9. (verb)Tire to seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything
10. (verb)Tire to become weary; to be fatigued; to have the strength fail; to have the patience exhausted; as, a feeble person soon tires
11. (verb)Tire to exhaust the strength of, as by toil or labor; to exhaust the patience of; to wear out (one's interest, attention, or the like); to weary; to fatigue; to jade
Sense: to make, or become, physically or mentally in want of rest, because of lack of strength, patience, interest etc; to weary Walking tired her; She tires easily.