tire

Tire is defined as becoming weary or in need of rest, or to lose interest.

(verb)

When you've been up for 17 hours and you start to feel sleepy, this is an example of when you tire.
If you play video games all the time and then get bored with them, this is an example of when you tire of video games.

The definition of a tire is a rubber wheel used on cars, bikes or other moving vehicles to improve traction.

(noun)

A rubber wheel made by Goodyear or Firestone is an example of a tire.

See tire in Webster's New World College Dictionary

intransitive verb tired, tiring

Origin: 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

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

Origin: ME tyre, prob. var. (in sense “equipment”) of tire

transitive verb tired, tiring

to furnish with tires

transitive verb tired, tiring

to attire or dress

Origin: ME tiren, aphetic for atiren, attire

noun

Origin: ME < atir: see tire

See tire in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb tired tired, tir·ing, tires

verb, intransitive

verb, transitive

Origin:

Origin: Middle English tiren

Origin: , from Old English tēorian, tyrian; see deu-¹ in Indo-European roots

noun

A covering for a wheel, usually made of rubber reinforced with cords of nylon, fiberglass, or other material and filled with compressed air.
A hoop of metal or rubber fitted around a wheel.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English, iron rim of a wheel

Origin: , probably from tir, attire

Origin: , short for atire

Origin: , from attiren, to attire; see attire

transitive verb tired tired, tir·ing, tires

To adorn or attire.

noun