tired

verb
/ˈtaɪ̯əd/UK/ˈtɑjəd//ˈtaɪ̯ɚd/US/ˈtaɪ̯(ə)ɹd/CA

Definitions

  1. simple past and past participle of tire

  2. In need of some rest or sleep.

  3. Fed up, annoyed, irritated, sick of.

    • I'm tired of this
  4. + 4 more definitions
    1. Overused, cliché.

      • a tired song
    2. Old and worn.

      • a tired-looking hotel room
    3. Played out, ineffectual

      Played out, ineffectual; incompetent.

      • They even went so far as to question whether indigenous peoples are 'peoples' in a tired attempt to deny the status of indigenous peoples in order to deny their right to self-determination.
      • A tired attempt at a smile worked its way across Akechi's lips, lopsided and faint.
    4. Alternative form of tyred.

      • From Lathrop hall, Madison’s steel tired locomobiles will take the picnickers out to the suburb of South Madison.
      • I remember clearly the drive down Pennsylvania Avenue to the depot, the iron-tired wheels of our carriage rattling and bumping over the cobblestones.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at tired. 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.

01tired02irritated03inflamed04resulting05follows06follow07path08worn09exhausted

A definitional loop anchored at tired. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at tired

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