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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] | ||
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Tire \Tire\, n. A tier, row, or rank. See Tier. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] In posture to displode their second tire Of thunder. --Milton. [1913 Webster] | ||
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. [1913 Webster] 2. A covering for the head; a headdress. [1913 Webster] On her head she wore a tire of gold. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 3. A child's apron, covering the breast and having no sleeves; a pinafore; a tier. [1913 Webster] 4. Furniture; apparatus; equipment. [Obs.] "The tire of war." --Philips. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster +PJC] | ||
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. [1913 Webster] | ||
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. [1913 Webster] Tired with toil, all hopes of safety past. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] To tire out, to weary or fatigue to exhaustion; to harass. [1913 Webster] Syn: To jade; weary; exhaust; harass. See Jade. [1913 Webster] | ||
6. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Tire \Tire\, v. t. To adorn; to attire; to dress. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] [Jezebel] painted her face, and tired her head. --2 Kings ix. 30. [1913 Webster] | ||
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.] [1913 Webster] Even as an empty eagle, sharp by fast, Tires with her beak on feathers, flesh, and bone. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Ye dregs of baseness, vultures among men, That tire upon the hearts of generous spirits. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] 2. To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Thus made she her remove, And left wrath tiring on her son. --Chapman. [1913 Webster] Upon that were my thoughts tiring. --Shak. [1913 Webster] | ||
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.] [1913 Webster] | ||
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