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English

Alternative spellings

  • tyre (Commonwealth excluding Canada)


Pronunciation


Homophones


Noun

(US & Canadian spelling)

  1. In the Context of The rubber covering on a wheel.


Translations

Related terms


Verb

  1. To become sleepy or weary.
  2. To make sleepy or weary.
  3. To dress or adorn.


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Category:English ergative verbs

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /tiʁ/


Verb form

{{infl|fr|verb form|a form of the verb|tirer}}

  1. He shoots.


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Scots

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈtəiər/


Verb

{{sco-verb|tires|tirin|tiret}}

  1. To #English|tire.


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Turkish

Noun

  1. thread


fr:tire io:tire it:tire ku:tire lo:tire lt:tire hu:tire ja:tire ru:tire fi:tire sv:tire ta:tire te:tire vi:tire tr:tire zh:tire

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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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WordNet tire
n : hoop that covers a wheel; "automobile tires are usually made
of rubber and filled with compressed air" [syn: tyre]
v 1: get tired of something or somebody [syn: pall, weary, fatigue,
jade]
2: exhaust or tire through overuse or great strain or stress;
"We wore ourselves out on this hike" [syn: wear upon, {tire
out}, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, {wear
down}, fag out, fag, fatigue] [ant: refresh]
3: deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our
strength" [syn: run down, exhaust, play out, sap]
4: cause to be bored [syn: bore] [ant: interest]
Moby Dictionary
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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