tire

Meaning

1. To become sleepy or weary.
2. To make sleepy or weary.
3. To become bored or impatient (with).
4. To bore.

get tired

become tired

make tired

wear upon

be tired

grow tired

grow weak

cause to suffer

be feeble

become numb

be backward

be burdened

become fatigued

be tiresome

brown off

become boring

tire-cover

grow numb

make weary

get weary

grow weary

harrass

lose energy

make very weary

make difficult

be exhausted

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtaɪ̯ə(ɹ)/

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”).

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But horses tire bit by bit .

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