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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TIRE, n. [Heb. tur, a row or series.]
1. A tier; a row or rank. This is the same word as tier, differently written. [See Tier and Tour.]
2. A head dress; something that encompasses the head. [See Tiara.] Ezek 24. Isaiah 3.
On her head she wore a tire of gold.
3. Furniture; apparatus; as the tire of war.
4. Attire. [See Attire.]
5. A band or hoop of iron, used to bind the fellies of wheels, to secure them from wearing and breaking; as cart-tire; wagon-tire. This tire however is generally formed of different pieces, and is not one entire hoop.
TIRE, v.t. To adorn; to attire; to dress; as the head. Obs. [See Attire.] 2 Kings 9.
TIRE, v.t. [L. tero.]
1. To weary; to fatigue; to exhaust the strength by toil or labor; as, to tire a horse or an ox. A long day's work in summer will tire the laborer.
Tir'd with toil, all hopes of safety past.
2. To weary; to fatigue; to exhaust the power of attending, or to exhaust patience with dullness or tediousness. A dull advocate may tire the court and jury, and injure his cause.
To tire out, to weary or fatigue to excess; to harass.
TIRE, v.i. To become weary; to be fatigued; to have the strength fail; to have the patience exhausted. A feeble body soon tires with hard labor.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb (tired; tiring) Etymology: Middle English tyren, from Old English t?orian, ty?rian Date: before 12th century intransitive verb to become weary transitive verb 1. to exhaust or greatly decrease the physical strength of ; fatigue 2. to wear out the patience of ; bore Synonyms: tire, weary, fatigue, exhaust, jade, fag mean to make or become unable or unwilling to continue. tire implies a draining of one's strength or patience <the long ride tired us out>. weary stresses tiring until one is unable to endure more of the same thing <wearied of the constant arguing>. fatigue suggests causing great lassitude through excessive strain or undue effort <fatigued by the day's chores>. exhaust implies complete draining of strength by hard exertion <shoveling snow exhausted him>. jade suggests the loss of all freshness and eagerness <appetites jaded by overindulgence>. fag implies a drooping with fatigue <shoppers all fagged out by the Christmas rush>. II. noun Etymology: Middle English, short for attire Date: 14th century 1. obsolete attire 2. archaic a woman's headband or hair ornament III. transitive verb (tired; tiring) Date: 14th century 1. obsolete attire 2. archaic to adorn (the hair) with an ornament IV. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, probably from ²tire Date: 15th century 1. a metal hoop forming the tread of a wheel 2. a rubber cushion that fits around a wheel (as of an automobile) and usually contains compressed air

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. v. 1 tr. & intr. make or grow weary. 2 tr. exhaust the patience or interest of; bore. 3 tr. (in passive; foll. by of) have had enough of; be fed up with (was tired of arguing). Etymology: OE teorian, of unkn. orig. 2. n. 1 a band of metal placed round the rim of a wheel to strengthen it. 2 US var. of TYRE. Etymology: ME, perh. = archaic tire head-dress

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tire Tire, n. A tier, row, or rank. See Tier. [Obs.] In posture to displode their second tire Of thunder. --Milton.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tire Tire, n. [Aphetic form of attire; OE. tir, a tir. See Attire.] 1. Attire; apparel. [Archaic] ``Having rich tire about you.'' --Shak. 2. A covering for the head; a headdress. On her head she wore a tire of gold. --Spenser. 3. A child's apron, covering the breast and having no sleeves; a pinafore; a tier. 4. Furniture; apparatus; equipment. [Obs.] ``The tire of war.'' --Philips. 5. [Probably the same word, and so called as being an attire or covering for the wheel.] A hoop or band, as of metal, on the circumference of the wheel of a vehicle, to impart strength and receive the wear. 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 has a tire of India rubber.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. Tired with toil, all hopes of safety past. --Dryden. To tire out, to weary or fatigue to exhaustion; to harass. Syn: To jade; weary; exhaust; harass. See Jade.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tire Tire, v. t. To adorn; to attire; to dress. [Obs.] [Jezebel] painted her face, and tired her head. --2 Kings ix. 30.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.] Even as an empty eagle, sharp by fast, Tires with her beak on feathers, flesh, and bone. --Shak. Ye dregs of baseness, vultures among men, That tire upon the hearts of generous spirits. --B. Jonson. 2. To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything. [Obs.] Thus made she her remove, And left wrath tiring on her son. --Chapman. Upon that were my thoughts tiring. --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(tires, tiring, tired) 1. If something tires you or if you tire, you feel that you have used a lot of energy and you want to rest or sleep. If driving tires you, take the train... He tired easily, though he was unable to sleep well at night. VERB: V n, V 2. If you tire of something, you no longer wish to do it, because you have become bored of it or unhappy with it. He felt he would never tire of international cricket... = weary VERB: no passive, V of n/-ing 3. A tire is the same as a tyre. (AM) N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. 1. Fatigue, weary, jade, fag, exhaust, knock up, tire out. 2. Irk, bore, weary, fatigue. II. v. n. Be fatigued, become weary, grow weary.

Moby Thesaurus

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