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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
tire
n 1: hoop that covers a wheel; "automobile tires are usually
made of rubber and filled with compressed air" [syn:
tire, tyre]
v 1: lose interest or become bored with something or somebody;
"I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my
food" [syn: tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jade]
2: exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or
stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike" [syn: tire,
wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out,
outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue] [ant:
freshen, refresh, refreshen]
3: deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our
strength" [syn: run down, exhaust, play out, sap,
tire]
4: cause to be bored [syn: bore, tire] [ant: interest]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Tire \Tire\, n.
A tier, row, or rank. See Tier. [Obs.]
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In posture to displode their second tire
Of thunder. --Milton.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Tire \Tire\, n. [Aphetic form of attire; OE. tir, a tir. See
Attire.]
1. Attire; apparel. [Archaic] "Having rich tire about you."
--Shak.
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2. A covering for the head; a headdress.
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On her head she wore a tire of gold. --Spenser.
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3. A child's apron, covering the breast and having no
sleeves; a pinafore; a tier.
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4. Furniture; apparatus; equipment. [Obs.] "The tire of war."
--Philips.
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5. [Probably the same word, and so called as being an attire
or covering for the wheel.] A ring, hoop or band, as of
rubber or metal, on the circumference of the wheel of a
vehicle, to impart strength and receive the wear. In
Britain, spelled tyre.
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Note: 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 or road vehicle (automobile, motorcyle,
truck) has a tire of rubber, which is typically hollow
inside and inflated with air to lessen the shocks from
bumps on uneven roads.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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.
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Tired with toil, all hopes of safety past. --Dryden.
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To tire out, to weary or fatigue to exhaustion; to harass.
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Syn: To jade; weary; exhaust; harass. See Jade.
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6. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Tire \Tire\, v. t.
To adorn; to attire; to dress. [Obs.]
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[Jezebel] painted her face, and tired her head. --2
Kings ix. 30.
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7. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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.]
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Even as an empty eagle, sharp by fast,
Tires with her beak on feathers, flesh, and bone.
--Shak.
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Ye dregs of baseness, vultures among men,
That tire upon the hearts of generous spirits. --B.
Jonson.
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2. To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed
upon, or engaged with, anything. [Obs.]
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Thus made she her remove,
And left wrath tiring on her son. --Chapman.
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Upon that were my thoughts tiring. --Shak.
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8. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Tier \Ti"er\, n. [See Tire a headdress.]
A chold's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied
with tape or cord; a pinafore. [Written also tire.]
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Thesaurus Results for Tire:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
annoy, apparel, array, attire, balloon tire, be infinitely repetitive, be tedious, beat, bedeck, bedrape, belted bias tire, belted radial tire, bias tire, blow, bore, bother, break down, bundle up, burden, burn out, clothe, collapse, crack up, crush one, debilitate, deck, dight, disgust, do in, do up, drag on, drain, drape, dress, droop, drop, dud, enclothe, endue, enervate, enfeeble, ennui, enrobe, enshroud, envelop, enwrap, exasperate, exhaust, exhaustion, fag, fag out, faint, fatigue, felly, flag, frazzle, garb, garment, gasp, get tired, give out, glut, go on forever, grow weary, habilitate, harass, haunt, haunt the memory, invest, irk, irritate, jade, knock out, knock up, lap, lassitude, muffle up, nauseate, nonskid tire, obsess, oppress, overfatigue, overstrain, overtire, overweary, pall, pant, peter out, play out, pneumatic tire, poop, poop out, prey on, prostrate, prostration, puff, puff and blow, radial tire, rag out, raiment, retread, retreaded tire, rim, robe, run down, run out, safety tire, sap, satiate, sheathe, shroud, sicken, sink, snow tire, studded tire, succumb, swaddle, swathe, tire out, tire to death, tiredness, tubeless tire, tucker, use up, weaken, wear, wear down, wear on, wear out, wear upon one, weariness, weary, weigh upon, weight down, wheeze, white sidewall tire, wilt, wind, winter tire, worn-out, wrap, wrap up |
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Common Misspellings > |
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