fatigue

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A weariness caused by exertion

   A weariness caused by exertion; exhaustion.

   • My husband stayed for some days with the magistrate at Cardwell, recruiting his health and recovering from his fatigues, for the passage between Cape York and Cardwell had proved the most tedious and anxious part of the voyage.
   • Alan Pardew finished by far the most frustrated man at the Emirates, blaming fatigue for the fact that Arsenal were able to kill his team off in the dying minutes.
   • For some, the constant deluge that has peaked in the past year is starting to add up to a new (and previously unthinkable) feeling: Taylor Swift fatigue.
2. 2

   A menial task or tasks, especially in the military.

   • Moreover, the habits of business are the most enduring of any; and Lord Norbourne's most positive enjoyment was in what are called the fatigues of office.
3. 3

   Weakening and eventual failure of material, typically by cracking leading to complete…

   Weakening and eventual failure of material, typically by cracking leading to complete separation, caused by repeated application of mechanical stress to the material.

   • Mechanical failures due to fatigue have been the subject of engineering efforts for more than 150 years.
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   1. 4

      Attributive form of fatigues (“military clothing worn when doing menial tasks”).

      • He reluctantly took the map from his camouflage fatigue pocket.
      • Chino took a laminated map out of one of his fatigue pockets and gave it to Harper.
   2. 5

      To tire or make weary by physical or mental exertion.

   3. 6

      To wilt a salad by dressing or tossing it.

      • The handsome, silver-haired proprietor was absorbed in fatiguing a salad for a family party.
   4. 7

      To lose so much strength or energy that one becomes tired, weary, feeble or exhausted.

   5. 8

      To undergo the process of fatigue

      To undergo the process of fatigue; to fail as a result of fatigue.

   6. 9

      To cause to undergo the process of fatigue.

      • The repeated pressurization cycles fatigued the airplane's metal skin until it eventually broke up in flight.

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