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tire en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈtaɪ̯ɚ/ (General-American)
  • [ˈtəj(ə)ɹ] (Canada)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈtʌɪ(ə)ɹ/ (Canada)
  • /ˈtaɪ̯ə(ɹ)/ (UK)
  • [ˈtʰaɪ̯ɚ] (General-American)
  • /ˈtaɪ(ə)ɹ/ (Canada)
  • /ˈtʌɪ̯ɚ/ (Midwestern-US)
  • /ˈtɑːɚ/ (Appalachia, Southern-US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *teuʀōn Old English tēorian Middle English tiren English tire 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. Possibly from Proto-West Germanic *teuʀōn (“to cease”), which is possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dews- (“to fail, be behind, lag”). Compare Ancient Greek δεύομαι (deúomai, “to lack”), Sanskrit दोष (dóṣa, “crime, fault, vice, deficiency”).

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) 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. 2012 September 7, Phil McNulty, “Moldova 0-5 England”, in BBC Sport:
  2. (transitive) To make sleepy or weary.
  3. (intransitive) To become bored or impatient (with).
    • I tire of this book.
  4. (transitive) To bore.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
tires Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
tired Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tired Tense=Past lexicographic
tiring Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tyre alternative, dialectal lexicographic

Deriveds

tired · outtire · overtire · untire · retire · tire out

Hyponyms

forswink · burn out · work someone's ass off · forwork

Relateds

fatigued · tiresome

Synonyms

tire · fordo · tire · bore · do for · wear down · run someone ragged · wear out · beleaguer · tire out · wear · talk someone under the table · exhaust · weary · weary · poop · ennui · hold by the button · knock up · depress · bend someone's ear · jade · fatigue · get down · gas out

Translations (143)

gl anoxar (to become bored) · izh räytyä (to become tired) · ca cansar-se (to become sleepy) · tl pagurin (to become tired) · bg доскучава ми (to become bored) · it affaticare (to make sleepy) · cmn 疲倦 (to become sleepy) · ru утоми́ть (to make sleepy) · cst 'ekjó̄qestek (to become sleepy) · fi tympäännyttää (to bore) · gl cansar (to bore) · gl fartar (to become bored) · ru утоми́ться (to become sleepy) · ru уста́ть (to become sleepy) · es cansarse (to become bored) · la lassō (to make sleepy) · sq përgjumshëm (to become sleepy) · cs unavit se (to become sleepy) · es cansar (to become sleepy) · fi kyllästyä (to become bored) · ga tuirsigh (to become sleepy) · ga tuirsigh (to make sleepy) · el κουράζω (to make sleepy) · ru устава́ть (to become sleepy) · hi थकना (to become tired) · uk сто́млювати (to make sleepy) · hu elfárad (to become sleepy) · fi väsyä (to become sleepy) · ca avorrir-se (to become bored) · eo laciĝi (to become tired) · gl cansar (to become bored) · uk вто́млюватися (to become sleepy) · la fatīgō (to make sleepy) · be стамля́цца (to become sleepy) · da trætte (to make sleepy) · bg омръзва ми (to become bored) · uk набрида́ти (to bore) · hu elandalít (to make sleepy) · es cansar (to make sleepy) · da blive trætt (to become tired) · uk втомля́тися (to become sleepy) · sv trötta (to make sleepy) · ktu lemba (to become tired) · hy հոգնել (to become sleepy) · hy հոգնեցնել (to make sleepy) · hi थकान (to become sleepy) · ca cansar-se (to become bored) · uk втоми́тися (to become sleepy) · hu kifárad (to become sleepy) · sv tröttna (to become sleepy) · de ermüden (to become tired) · uk стоми́ти (to make sleepy) · be утамі́цца (to become sleepy) · la dēfetiscor (to become sleepy) · qu sayk'uy (to become sleepy) · cs unavit (to make sleepy) · th เหนื่อย (to become sleepy) · izh uupua (to become tired) · izh vässyä (to become tired) · fi pitkästyä (to become bored) · pt fatigar (to become sleepy) · pt fatigar (to make sleepy) · hu fárad (to become sleepy) · ar تَعِبَ (to become sleepy) · be стамі́цца (to become sleepy) · uk набрида́ти (to become bored) · ru утомля́ть (to make sleepy) · es hartarse (to become bored) · no bli trett (to become sleepy) · fr fatiguer (to make sleepy) · es aburrirse (to become bored) · no bli trett (to become tired) · ca fatigar-se (to become sleepy) · hu elfárad (to become tired) · it stancare (to bore) · cmn(to become sleepy) · pl zmęczyć się (to become sleepy) · ca cansar (to make sleepy) · cmn 勞累 /劳累 (to become sleepy) · hu elálmosodik (to become sleepy) · ca fatigar (to make sleepy) · acw تِعِب (to become sleepy) · sq lodhur (to become tired) · ca fatigar-se (to become tired) · hu kifáraszt (to make sleepy) · ko 피곤하다 (to become sleepy) · ba арыу (to become tired) · bg уморявам (to make sleepy) · sv tröttna (to become tired) · eo lacigi (to make sleepy) · gl fartar (to bore) · es cansarse (to become sleepy) · uk набри́днути (to become bored) · el κουράζομαι (to become sleepy) · ca cansar-se (to become tired) · da blive trætt (to become sleepy) · ln lemba (to become tired) · gl aburrir (to become bored) · it affaticarsi (to become sleepy) · nl vermoeien (to make sleepy) · eo laciĝi (to become sleepy) · hi ऊबना (to become bored) · fi pitkästyttää (to bore) · gl cansar (to become sleepy) · tr yormak (to make sleepy) · pt cansar (to become sleepy) · ja 疲れる (to become sleepy) · ru утомля́ться (to become sleepy) · pl męczyć się (to become sleepy) · de ermüden (to make sleepy) · be утамля́цца (to become sleepy) · tr yorulmak (to become sleepy) · hu elfáraszt (to make sleepy) · eo laciĝi (to become bored) · fr se fatiguer (to become tired) · la lassor (to become sleepy) · sv bli trött (to become tired) · fi tympääntyä (to become bored) · ru надое́сть (to bore) · fo lúgva (to make sleepy) · gl cansarse (to become sleepy) · qu pisipay (to become sleepy) · hu elálmosít (to make sleepy) · fr se fatiguer (to become sleepy) · io fatigar (to make sleepy) · hu fáraszt (to make sleepy) · yue 厭 /厌 (to become bored) · fi kyllästyttää (to bore) · de ermüden (to become sleepy) · gl aburrir (to bore) · ru надоеда́ть (to become bored) · it stancarsi (to become bored) · fi väsyttää (to make sleepy) · bg уморявам се (to become sleepy) · tl mapagod (to become tired) · uk набри́днути (to bore) · io fatigeskar (to become sleepy) · pt cansar (to make sleepy) · ru надоеда́ть (to bore) · ktu kulemba (to become tired) · ru надое́сть (to become bored) · hu ellankad (to become sleepy) · eo lacigi (to bore)

tire en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈtaɪ̯ɚ/ (General-American)
  • [ˈtəj(ə)ɹ] (Canada)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈtʌɪ(ə)ɹ/ (Canada)
  • /ˈtaɪ̯ə(ɹ)/ (UK)
  • [ˈtʰaɪ̯ɚ] (General-American)
  • /ˈtaɪ(ə)ɹ/ (Canada)
  • /ˈtʌɪ̯ɚ/ (Midwestern-US)
  • /ˈtɑːɚ/ (Appalachia, Southern-US)

Etymology

Probably from Middle English tir(e) (“equipment, furnshings, ornament”). See the details at tyre.

Meanings

  1. US and Canada spelling of tyre: The rubber covering on a wheel.
  2. (US, alt-of) US spelling of tyre: The metal rim of a wheel, especially that of a railroad locomotive.
    alt of tyre
  3. A child's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore. Also tier.
  4. (obsolete) Accoutrements, accessories.
    • the tire of war 1705, John Philips, Blenheim:
  5. (obsolete) Dress, clothes, attire.
    • men like apes follow the fashions in tires, gestures, actions: if the king laugh, all laugh […]. , New York Review of Books 2001, p.66
    • Ne spared they to strip her naked all. / Then when they had despoild her tire and call, / Such as she was, their eyes might her behold. 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
  6. A covering for the head; a headdress.
    • And on her head she wore a tyre of gold, 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 144:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
tyre alternative lexicographic
tires Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

tire bead · tire gauge · flat tire rule · balloon tire · tireling · tire gage · winter tire · all-weather tire · pump someone's tires · tireless · tire barrier · flat tire · headtire · tire swing · tire fire · tire-pressure gauge · wet-weather tire · tire-pressure · cold as a wagon tire · tire lever · tirelike · tundra tire · tiremaker · tire iron · dog who caught the tire · tire kicker · Michelin tire baby syndrome · tire-fire · snow tire · tire yard · spare tire · summer tire · bicycle tire · spare tire well · cushion tire · tire spoon · tiremaking · dry-weather tire · tirewoman · radial tire · studded tire · all-season tire · tire chain

Descendants

tajra

tire en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈtaɪ̯ɚ/ (General-American)
  • [ˈtəj(ə)ɹ] (Canada)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈtʌɪ(ə)ɹ/ (Canada)
  • /ˈtaɪ̯ə(ɹ)/ (UK)
  • [ˈtʰaɪ̯ɚ] (General-American)
  • /ˈtaɪ(ə)ɹ/ (Canada)
  • /ˈtʌɪ̯ɚ/ (Midwestern-US)
  • /ˈtɑːɚ/ (Appalachia, Southern-US)

Etymology

Probably from Middle English tir(e) (“equipment, furnshings, ornament”). See the details at tyre.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To dress or adorn.
    • [Jezebel] painted her face, and tired her head. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Kings 9:30:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
tiring Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tired Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tired Tense=Past lexicographic
tyre alternative lexicographic
tires Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Hyponyms

forswink · burn out · work someone's ass off · forwork

Relateds

tiring-house · fatigued

Synonyms

tire · fordo · do for · wear down · run someone ragged · wear out · beleaguer · tire out · wear · exhaust · weary · poop · knock up · jade · fatigue · get down · gas out

Translations (6)

ca adornar (to dress or adorn) · ru украша́ть (to dress or adorn) · ru укра́сить (to dress or adorn) · pt adornar (to dress or adorn) · ca guarnir (to dress or adorn) · pt enfeitar (to dress or adorn)

tire en · VERB · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • /ˈtaɪ̯ɚ/ (General-American)
  • [ˈtəj(ə)ɹ] (Canada)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈtʌɪ(ə)ɹ/ (Canada)
  • /ˈtaɪ̯ə(ɹ)/ (UK)
  • [ˈtʰaɪ̯ɚ] (General-American)
  • /ˈtaɪ(ə)ɹ/ (Canada)
  • /ˈtʌɪ̯ɚ/ (Midwestern-US)
  • /ˈtɑːɚ/ (Appalachia, Southern-US)

Etymology

From Middle English tire, from Old French tirer (“to draw or pull”), akin to English tear (“to rend”).

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does.
    • I grieve myself / To think, when thou shalt be disedged by her / That now thou tirest on, how thy memory / Will then be pang'd by me. 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv], lines 94–97:
    • Even as an empty eagle, sharp by fast, / Tires with her beak on feathers, flesh, and bone. 1593, [William Shakespeare], Venus and Adonis, London: […] Richard Field, […], →OCLC:
    • Ye dregs of baseness, vultures amongst men, / That tire upon the hearts of generous spirits. 1612–1613, Nathan Field, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, “The Honest Mans Fortune”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act II, scene v:
  2. (obsolete) To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything.
    • Upon that were my thoughts tiring. c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
    • Thus made she her remove, / And left wrath tyring on her son. 1616, George Chapman, Iliad:
    • and now doth gaſtly death With greedie talients gripe my bleeding hart, And like a Harpye tires on my life. c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene vii:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
tired Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tired Tense=Past lexicographic
tires Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
tiring Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tyre alternative lexicographic

Hyponyms

forswink · burn out · work someone's ass off · forwork

Relateds

fatigued

Synonyms

tire · fordo · do for · wear down · run someone ragged · wear out · beleaguer · tire out · wear · exhaust · weary · poop · knock up · jade · fatigue · get down · gas out

tire en · NOUN · etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • /ˈtaɪ̯ɚ/ (General-American)
  • [ˈtəj(ə)ɹ] (Canada)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈtʌɪ(ə)ɹ/ (Canada)
  • /ˈtaɪ̯ə(ɹ)/ (UK)
  • [ˈtʰaɪ̯ɚ] (General-American)
  • /ˈtaɪ(ə)ɹ/ (Canada)
  • /ˈtʌɪ̯ɚ/ (Midwestern-US)
  • /ˈtɑːɚ/ (Appalachia, Southern-US)

Meanings

  1. A tier, row, or rank.
    • In posture to displode their second tire / Of thunder. 1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
tires Number=Plur lexicographic