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tire

//ˈtaɪ̯ə(ɹ)//

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Note for tire

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Forms

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)
tire
past (v2)
tired
past participle (v3)
tired
present participle
tiring
3rd person singular
tires

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural
tires

Definitions

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

  1. 1.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.

  2. 2.To make sleepy or weary.

  3. 3.To become bored or impatient (with).

    • I tire of this book.

  4. 4.To bore.

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

  1. 1.Alternative spelling of tyre: The rubber covering on a wheel.

  2. 2.Alternative spelling of tyre: The metal rim of a wheel, especially that of a railroad locomotive.

  3. 3.A child's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore. Also tier.

  4. 4.A covering for the head; a headdress.

Frequency

Overall

Uncommon· #3457

By learning goal

Everyday conversation
Rare
General reading & writing
Uncommon
Academic
Rare
Literature
Rare

Related words

Word family

Etymology

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.

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