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tire 1
(tīr)v. tired, tir·ing, tires
v.intr.
1. To lose energy or strength; grow weary: When you're sick, you tend to tire easily.
2. To grow bored or impatient: The audience tired after the first 30 minutes of the movie.
v.tr.
1. To diminish the energy or strength; fatigue: The long walk tired me.
2. To exhaust the interest or patience of.
Synonyms: tire1, weary, fatigue, exhaust
These verbs mean to cause or undergo depletion of energy, strength, or interest. Tire often suggests a state resulting from exertion, excess, dullness, or ennui: "When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life" (Samuel Johnson).
Weary often implies dissatisfaction, as that resulting from what is irksome or boring: found the long journey wearying; soon wearied of their constant bickering. Fatigue implies great weariness, as that caused by stress or overwork: "fatigued by an endless rotation of thought and wild alarms" (Mary Wollstonecraft).
To exhaust means to wear out completely, and it connotes total draining of physical or emotional strength: "Like all people who try to exhaust a subject, he exhausted his listeners" (Oscar Wilde)."Following a similar 'tempest' he had ... actually apologized to me for his misbehavior ... Scenes such as I had just been a participant in fractured my spirit, exhausted me" (William Styron).
These verbs mean to cause or undergo depletion of energy, strength, or interest. Tire often suggests a state resulting from exertion, excess, dullness, or ennui: "When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life" (Samuel Johnson).
Weary often implies dissatisfaction, as that resulting from what is irksome or boring: found the long journey wearying; soon wearied of their constant bickering. Fatigue implies great weariness, as that caused by stress or overwork: "fatigued by an endless rotation of thought and wild alarms" (Mary Wollstonecraft).
To exhaust means to wear out completely, and it connotes total draining of physical or emotional strength: "Like all people who try to exhaust a subject, he exhausted his listeners" (Oscar Wilde)."Following a similar 'tempest' he had ... actually apologized to me for his misbehavior ... Scenes such as I had just been a participant in fractured my spirit, exhausted me" (William Styron).
tire 2
(tīr)n.
1. A covering for a wheel, usually made of rubber reinforced with cords of nylon, fiberglass, or other material and filled with compressed air.
2. A hoop of metal or rubber fitted around a wheel.
[Middle English, iron rim of a wheel, probably from tir, attire, short for atire, from attiren, to attire; see attire.]
tire 3
(tīr) Archaictr.v. tired, tir·ing, tires
To adorn or attire.
n.
1. Attire.
2. A headband or headdress.
[Middle English tiren, short for attiren, to attire; see attire.]
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tire
(ˈtaɪə)vb
1. (tr) to reduce the energy of, esp by exertion; weary
2. (tr; often passive) to reduce the tolerance of; bore or irritate: I'm tired of the children's chatter.
3. (intr) to become wearied or bored; flag
[Old English tēorian, of unknown origin]
ˈtiring adj
tire
(ˈtaɪə)n, vb
(Automotive Engineering) the US spelling of tyre
tire
(ˈtaɪə)vb, n
an archaic word for attire
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tire1
(taɪər)v. tired, tir•ing. v.t.
1. to reduce or exhaust the strength of; make weary.
2. to exhaust the interest or patience of; bore.
v.i. 3. to have the strength reduced or exhausted; be or become weary or fatigued.
4. to have one's interest or patience exhausted; become bored: to tire of playing games.
[before 900; late Middle English (Scots) tyren (v.), Old English tȳrian, variant of tēorian to weary, be wearied]
tire2
(taɪər)n.
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.
[1475–85; perhaps identical with tire3]
tire3
(taɪər)v. tired, tir•ing,
n. v.t.
1. Archaic. to dress (the head or hair).
2. Obs. to attire or array.
n. 3. Archaic. a headdress.
4. Obs. attire or dress.
[1300–50; Middle English; aph. variant of attire]
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tire
Past participle: tired
Gerund: tiring
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Tire
Late in the nineteenth century, “tire” usually meant the iron rim of a wooden wagon wheel. Only later did “tire” begin referring to the hollow cylindrical cross-section rubber outer portion of bicycle and automobile wheels.
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| Noun | 1. |  tire - hoop that covers a wheel; "automobile tires are usually made of rubber and filled with compressed air"auto tire, automobile tire, car tire, rubber tire - a tire consisting of a rubber ring around the rim of an automobile wheel hoop, ring - a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling; "there was still a rusty iron hoop for tying a horse" pneumatic tire, pneumatic tyre - a tire made of reinforced rubber and filled with compressed air; used on motor vehicles and bicycles etc wagon tire - a metal hoop forming the tread of a wheel |
| Verb | 1. | tire - lose interest or become bored with something or somebody; "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food" degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, drop - grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match" |
| 2. |  tire - exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike"indispose - cause to feel unwell; "She was indisposed" exhaust, tucker, tucker out, wash up, beat - wear out completely; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam" | |
| 3. | tire - deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength" play out - become spent or exhausted; "The champion's strength played out fast" | |
| 4. | tire - cause to be bored |
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tire
verb
1. exhaust, drain, fatigue, weary, fag (informal), whack (Brit. informal), wear out, wear down, take it out of (informal), knacker (slang), enervate If driving tires you, take the train.
exhaust restore, revive, refresh, exhilarate, enliven, energize, liven up, pep up, invigorate
exhaust restore, revive, refresh, exhilarate, enliven, energize, liven up, pep up, invigorate
3. bore, weary, exasperate, annoy, irritate, harass, hassle (informal), aggravate (informal), irk, get on your nerves (informal), piss you off (taboo slang) That subject tires me.
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Translations
إِطَارُ العَجَلَةيُتْعِب
pneumatikaunavit
blive trætdæktrætte
rengas
guma
elfáradelfárasztfáradfárasztkifáraszt
タイヤ
타이어
nogurdinātnogurt
pneumatika
pnevmatikautruditiutruditi se
däck
เหนื่อยยางรถ
lastikyor mak
lốp xe
tire
1 [ˈtaɪəʳ]A. VT → cansar
B. VI → cansarse
he tires easily → se cansa fácilmente
to tire of sb/sth → cansarse or aburrirse de algn/algo
he tires easily → se cansa fácilmente
to tire of sb/sth → cansarse or aburrirse de algn/algo
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tire
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tire2
(ˈtaiə) verb 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.
tired adjective1. wearied; exhausted. She was too tired to continue; a tired child.
2. (with of) no longer interested in; bored with. I'm tired of (answering) stupid questions!
ˈtiredness nounˈtireless adjective
never becoming weary or exhausted; never resting. a tireless worker; tireless energy/enthusiasm.
ˈtirelessly adverbˈtirelessness noun
ˈtiresome adjective
troublesome; annoying.
ˈtiresomely adverbˈtiresomeness noun
ˈtiring adjective
causing (physical) tiredness. I've had a tiring day; The journey was very tiring.
tire out to tire or exhaust completely. The hard work tired her out.
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tire
→ إِطَارُ العَجَلَة pneumatika dæk Autoreifen λάστιχο neumático rengas pneu guma ruota タイヤ 타이어 band dekk opona pneu шина däck ยางรถ lastik lốp xe 轮胎Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
- I have a flat tire (US)
I have a flat tyre (UK) - What should the tire pressure be? (US)
What should the tyre pressure be? (UK) - The tire has burst (US)
The tyre has burst (UK)
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tire
vt, vi (también to — out) cansarse; Just walking to the bathroom tires him out..Con sólo caminar al baño se cansa.English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.