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Meaning of 'tire' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Tire [ n.]
- A tier, row, or rank. See Tier.
- Attire; apparel.
- A covering for the head; a headdress.
- A child's apron, covering the breast and having no sleeves; a pinafore; a tier.
- Furniture; apparatus; equipment.
- A hoop or band, as of metal, on the circumference of the wheel of a vehicle, to impart strength and receive the wear.
2 . Tire [ v. i.]
- To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does.
- To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything.
- To become weary; to be fatigued; to have the strength fail; to have the patience exhausted; as, a feeble person soon tires.
3 . Tire [ v. t.]
- To adorn; to attire; to dress.
- 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.

Meaning of 'tire' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . tire [ n]
Meaning (1):
- hoop that covers a wheel
Example in sentence:
  • automobile tires are usually made of rubber and filled with compressed air
2 . tire [ v]
Meaning (2):
- deplete
Example in sentence:
  • exhaust one's savings;
  • We quickly played out our strength
Meaning (3):
- lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
Example in sentence:
  • I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food
Meaning (4):
- exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
Example in sentence:
  • We wore ourselves out on this hike

Nearby Words:

tirade tirailleur tire-woman tire-women tired tiredness tireless tireling tiresome tiring

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