tire

[tire]

Lose interest or become bored with something or somebody

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A tier, row, or rank. See Tier.

Noun
hoop that covers a wheel; "automobile tires are usually made of rubber and filled with compressed air"

Verb
exhaust or tire through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike"

Verb
get tired of something or somebody

Verb
cause to be bored

Verb
deplete; "exhaust one''s savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"

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n.
A tier, row, or rank. See Tier.

n.
Attire; apparel.

n.
A covering for the head; a headdress.

n.
A child's apron, covering the breast and having no sleeves; a pinafore; a tier.

n.
Furniture; apparatus; equipment.

n.
A hoop or band, as of metal, on the circumference of the wheel of a vehicle, to impart strength and receive the wear.

v. t.
To adorn; to attire; to dress.

v. i.
To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does.

v. i.
To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything.

v. i.
To become weary; to be fatigued; to have the strength fail; to have the patience exhausted; as, a feeble person soon tires.

v. t.
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.


Tire

Tire , n. A tier, row, or rank. See Tier. [Obs.]
In posture to displode their second tire Of thunder.

Tire

Tire, n. [Aphetic form of attire; OE. tir, a tir. See Attire.] 1. Attire; apparel. [Archaic] "Having rich tire about you." Shak. 2. A covering for the head; a headdress.
On her head she wore a tire of gold.
3. A child's apron, covering the breast and having no sleeves; a pinafore; a tier. 4. Furniture; apparatus; equipment. [Obs.] "The tire of war." Philips. 5. [Probably the same word, and so called as being an attire or covering for the wheel.] A hoop or band, as of metal, on the circumference of the wheel of a vehicle, to impart strength and receive the wear. &hand; The iron tire of a wagon wheel or cart wheel binds the fellies together. The tire of a locomotive or railroad-car wheel is a heavy hoop of iron or steel shrunk tightly upon an iron central part. The wheel of a bicycle has a tire of India rubber.

Tire

Tire, v. t. To adorn; to attire; to dress. [Obs.]
[Jezebel] painted her face, and tired her head.

Tire

Tire, v. i. [F. tirer to draw or pull; of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. tear to rend. See Tirade.] 1. To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does. [Obs.]
Even as an empty eagle, sharp by fast, Tires with her beak on feathers, flesh, and bone.
Ye dregs of baseness, vultures among men, That tire upon the hearts of generous spirits.
2. To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything. [Obs.]
Thus made she her remove, And left wrath tiring on her son.
Upon that were my thoughts tiring.

Tire

Tire, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tired ; p. pr. & vb. n. Tiring.] [OE. teorien to become weary, to fail, AS. teorian to be tired, be weary, to tire, exhaust; perhaps akin to E. tear to rend, the intermediate sense being, perhaps, to wear out; or cf. E. tarry.] To become weary; to be fatigued; to have the strength fail; to have the patience exhausted; as, a feeble person soon tires.

Tire

Tire, v. t. 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. Shak.
Tired with toil, all hopes of safety past.
To tire out, to weary or fatigue to exhaustion; to harass. Syn. -- To jade; weary; exhaust; harass. See Jade.

A tier, row, or rank. See Tier.

Attire; apparel.

To adorn; to attire; to dress.

To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does.

To become weary; to be fatigued; to have the strength fail; to have the patience exhausted; as, a feeble person soon tires.

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.

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Usage Examples

The building of the architecture of a novel - the craft of it - is something I never tire of.

A horse is a thing of beauty... none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself in his splendor.

When I saw all those other drivers, I realized that they wanted to win that money just as much as I did. But I didn't have to worry. A tire came off my car and I was lucky I got it off the track.

The easiest and simplest thing that any one can do to make their car safer, more gas efficient, whatever - check the tire pressure.

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Other Usage Examples

I may be a living legend, but that sure don't help when I've got to change a flat tire.

We will not waver we will not tire we will not falter, and we will not fail. Peace and Freedom will prevail.

Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest.

When we tire of well-worn ways, we seek for new. This restless craving in the souls of men spurs them to climb, and to seek the mountain view.

Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse. Murphy's First Corollary If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the next morning you will have a flat tire.

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