tire
verbEtymology
From Middle English tiren, tirien, teorien, from Old English tȳrian, tēorian (“to fail, cease, become weary, be tired, exhausted; tire, weary, exhaust”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-West Germanic *teuʀōn (“to cease”), which is possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dews- (“to fail, be behind, lag”). Compare Ancient Greek δεύομαι (deúomai, “to lack”), Sanskrit दोष (dóṣa, “crime, fault, vice, deficiency”).
Definitions
To become sleepy or weary.
- As Moldova understandably tired after a night of ball chasing, Everton left-back Baines scored his first international goal as his deflected free-kick totally wrong-footed Namasco.
To make sleepy or weary.
To become bored or impatient (with).
- I tire of this book.
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To bore.
Alternative spelling of tyre
Alternative spelling of tyre: The rubber covering on a wheel.
A child's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord
A child's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore. Also tier.
Accoutrements, accessories.
- the tire of war
Dress, clothes, attire.
- Ne spared they to strip her naked all. / Then when they had despoild her tire and call, / Such as she was, their eyes might her behold.
- men like apes follow the fashions in tires, gestures, actions: if the king laugh, all laugh […].
A covering for the head
A covering for the head; a headdress.
- And on her head she wore a tyre of gold,
To dress or adorn.
- [Jezebel] painted her face, and tired her head.
To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does.
- Even as an empty eagle, sharp by fast, / Tires with her beak on feathers, flesh, and bone.
- I grieve myself / To think, when thou shalt be disedged by her / That now thou tirest on, how thy memory / Will then be pang'd by me.
- Ye dregs of baseness, vultures amongst men, / That tire upon the hearts of generous spirits.
To seize, rend, or tear something as prey
To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything.
- and now doth gaſtly death With greedie talients gripe my bleeding hart, And like a Harpye tires on my life.
- Thus made she her remove, / And left wrath tyring on her son.
- Upon that were my thoughts tiring.
A tier, row, or rank.
- In posture to displode their second tire / Of thunder.
The neighborhood
- synonymbeleaguer
- synonymexhaust
- synonymfatigue
- synonymfordo
- synonymdo for
- synonymgas out
- synonymget down
- synonymjade
- synonymknock up
- synonympoop
- synonymrun someone ragged
- synonymtire
- neighbortiresome
- neighborfatigued
- neighborburn out
- neighborforswink
- neighborforwork
- neighborwork someone's ass off
Derived
overtire, tired, tire out, all-season tire, all-weather tire, balloon tire, bicycle tire, cold as a wagon tire, cushion tire, dog who caught the tire, flat tire, flat tire rule, Michelin tire baby syndrome, pump someone's tires, radial tire, snow tire, spare tire, spare tire well, studded tire, summer tire, tire barrier, tire bead, tire chain, tire fire, tire-fire, tire gage, tire gauge, tire iron, tire kicker, tire lever, tire-pressure, tire-pressure gauge, tire spoon, tire swing, tire yard, tundra tire, winter tire
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at tire. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at tire. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at tire
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA