tire 
tire (tīr)
intransitive verb tired, tir′·ing
- to become in need of rest; become weary or fatigued through exertion
- to lose interest or patience; become bored or impatient: usually with of
Etymology: ME tiren < OE tiorian, to fail, be tired, prob. < Gmc *tiuzōn, to stay behind < IE *deus-, to cease < base *deu-, to move forward
transitive verb
- to diminish the strength of by exertion, etc.; fatigue; weary: often with out
- to diminish the patience or interest of, as by dull talk, etc.; make weary; bore
tire (tīr)
noun
- a hoop of iron or rubber around the wheel of a vehicle, forming the tread
- an inflatable, vulcanized rubber or synthetic casing sealed to a wheel rim by a specified pressure and designed to reduce shock, improve traction and handling, etc.; tubeless tire: it has replaced the tube-type tire which contains a separate, soft, thin rubber inner tube to hold the air
Etymology: ME tyre, prob. var. (in sense “equipment”) of tire
transitive verb tired, tir′·ing
to furnish with tires
tire (tīr)
tire
n.
Varieties of tires include: tubeless, radial, steel-belted radial, snow, mud, all-terrain, studded, whitewall, puncture-proof, recapped, low-pressure, synthetic, natural rubber, solid rubber, pneumatic, oversize, airplane, automobile, motorcycle, bicycle, recap*, retread*, spare*, baloney*, doughnut*, rubber toe*, sneaker*, shoe*.
tire
v.
To become exhausted
grow weary, to become fagged, break down, droop, flag, jade, pall, faint, drop, puff, sink, yawn, collapse, give out, prostrate, wilt*, go stale*, poop out*, burn out*, burn the candle at both ends*; see also weary 2.Antonyms
rest*, awake, relax. To make a person exhausted
tax, overtax, harass, fatigue, exhaust, overwork, strain, overstrain, overburden, depress, dispirit, pain, vex, worry, distress, deject, dishearten, unman, prostrate, wear out, run a person ragged*, do up*, do in*, take the tuck out of*; see also weary 1.To bore
Object
- bit: Getting a bit tired of the standard Sudoku puzzles?
- journey: Pros: Waiting so long for return pick up after tiring journey.
Converse of object
- slash: They set about the vehicle, denting the sides, breaking windows, and slashing tires.
- blow: Step 11: Replace your wheel cover or hubcap and clean up the jack, lug wrench and blown tire.
Adjective modifier
- radial: Students learn who wrote the first computer program, who discovered pulsars, who invented radial tires, science puzzles and much more!
- flat: There has never been a flat tire, a red rose or a work of art.
- rear: In addition, the floor in front of the rear tire had to be cut away.
- spare: Trucks usually have the jack and lug wrench behind the seat or under the hood, with the spare tire under the bed.
Modifies a noun
- iron: A minivan with a half changed tire and a tire iron are lying on the dusty roadside.
Modifying Another Word
- amazingly: The best thing about Iq Test Gift Pack is that its amazingly tiring to search for.
- visibly: The second half was a slightly different affair with the Leys exerting far more control over a visibly tiring Perse midfield.
- physically: It was physically tiring to be on my feet for 10 solid hours for 2 days running.
- mentally: Our lives are very sedentary and mentally tiring, which leads to a higher possibility of heart disease and other health risks.
Noun used with modifier
- rubber: The rubber tires insulate the vehicle from the earth ground.
- bicycle: Trees were taller and gray chunks of gravel crunched under Keds and bicycle tires like Cheerios between small teeth.
- car: High friction and low adhesion are desirable traits for products such as shoe soles, car tires and a variety of athletic equipment.
- truck: In the early days of the sanctions, dual use items included everything from baking soda to truck tires.
- snow: To save consumers snow tire changing the canadian postal.
Preposition: after
- while: It is however, bloody tiring after a while.
Preposition: of
- hearing: It is such a good story that one never tires of hearing about the king and all his women.
Print this Page
Suggestion Box
Send to Friend
