tire

Verb

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

Noun

1. (Canada, US, alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of tyre: The rubber covering on a wheel.
2. (US, alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of tyre: The metal rim of a wheel, especially that of a railroad locomotive.
3. A child's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore. Also tier.
4. (obsolete) Accoutrements, accessories.
5. (obsolete) Dress, clothes, attire.
6. A covering for the head; a headdress.

Noun

A tier, row, or rank.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtaɪ̯ə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: tiren

Inherited from Old English: tȳrian

Cognate with Ancient Greek: δεύομαι

Cognate with Sanskrit: दोष

Inherited from Middle English: tire

In summary

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”).

Synonyms

tyre

weary

😩

exhaust

fatigue

wear out

bore

get tired

tire out

tyre

jade

become tired

annoy

pall

wear down

make tired

type

trouble

run down

rubber

suffer

wear upon

worn out

wear

fag out

exhausted

outwear

torment

weaken

frazzle

cause to suffer

play out

grow tired

feed up

cheese off

grow weak

sap

wheel

🛞

collar

rim

put off

pant

fag

tiring

tired

😫

be tired

loop

➿

enfeeble

irk

inner tube

drain

Translations

ermüden

pneu

cansar

fatiguer

pneumatico

stancare

cansarse

neumático

gomma

pneumatique

stancarsi

cansar

Reifen

pneu

κουράζω

Sentences

But horses tire bit by bit .