tire.
To become sleepy or weary.
Meaning & usage
To become sleepy or weary.
To make sleepy or weary.
To become bored or impatient (with).
I tire of this book.
To bore.
Where this word comes from
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”).
US and Canada spelling of tyre: The rubber covering on a wheel.
US spelling of tyre: The metal rim of a wheel, especially that of a railroad locomotive.
A child's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore. Also tier.
Accoutrements, accessories.
Dress, clothes, attire.
A covering for the head; a headdress.
Where this word comes from
Probably from Middle English tir(e) (“equipment, furnshings, ornament”). See the details at tyre.
To dress or adorn.
Where this word comes from
Probably from Middle English tir(e) (“equipment, furnshings, ornament”). See the details at tyre.
To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does.
To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English tire, from Old French tirer (“to draw or pull”), akin to English tear (“to rend”).
A tier, row, or rank.
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