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Definition of 'tire'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

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"

5. (verb) bore, tire
cause to be bored

Definition of 'tire'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) tire
the black rubber covering on a wheel
a spare tire

2. (verb) tire
to become or make tired
She tires quickly since her illness.

Definition of 'tire'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) tire
a tier, row, or rank. See Tier

2. (noun) tire
attire; apparel

3. (noun) tire
a covering for the head; a headdress

4. (noun) tire
a child's apron, covering the breast and having no sleeves; a pinafore; a tier

5. (noun) tire
furniture; apparatus; equipment

6. (noun) tire
a hoop or band, as of metal, on the circumference of the wheel of a vehicle, to impart strength and receive the wear

7. (verb) tire
to adorn; to attire; to dress

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

Translation of 'tire'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

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.
Afrikaans: moeg maak, moeg word	Arabic: يُتْعِب	Bulgarian: .уморявам (се)
Brazilian: cansar(-se)	Czech: unavit (se)	German: ermüden
Danish: trætte; blive træt	Greek: κουράζω, κουράζομαι	Spanish: cansar(se)
Estonian: väsitama, väsima	Farsi: خسته شدن؛ خسته کردن	Finnish: väsyä
French: (se) fatiguer	Hebrew: לְעַייֵף, לְהִתעַייֵף	Hindi: थक जाना
Croatian: umoriti (se), izmoriti (s	Hungarian: (ki)fáraszt	Indonesian: melelahkan
Icelandic: þreyta(st)	Italian: stancare, stancarsi	Japanese: 疲れさせる
Korean: 피곤하게 만들다	Lithuanian: (nu)varginti, pavargti	Latvian: nogurt; nogurdināt
Malay: penat	Dutch: moe worden	Norwegian: trette, bli trett, utmatt
Polish: męczyć	Portuguese: cansar(-se)	Romanian: a obosi
Russian: утомлять(ся)	Slovak: unaviť (sa)	Slovenian: utruditi (se)
Serbian: umoriti	Swedish: trötta, tröttna	Thai: ทำให้เหนื่อย
Turkish: yor(ul)mak	Taiwanese: 疲勞	Ukrainian: стомлювати(ся); зморювати
Urdu: تھکنا	Vietnamese: làm cho mệt	Chinese: 疲劳
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