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fatigue duty

Variant of fatigue

noun

  1. physical or mental exhaustion; weariness
  2. the cause of this; hard work; toil
  3. any manual labor or menial duty, other than drill or instruction, assigned to soldiers
    in full fatigue duty
  4. sturdy work clothing worn by soldiers doing fatigue duty
  5. the tendency of a metal or other material to crack and fail under repeated applications of stress
  6. Physiol. the decreased ability to function or inability to respond of an organism or one of its parts due to prolonged exertion or repeated stimulation

transitive verb, intransitive verb fatigued, fatiguing

  1. to make or become tired or exhausted; weary
  2. to subject to or undergo fatigue

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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