Verb (third-person singular simple present tires, present participle tiring, simple past and past participle tired) (of)
- (intransitive) To become sleepy or weary.
- To make sleepy or weary.
- (intransitive) To become bored or impatient (with)
- I tire of this book.
- To bore
Origin From Middle English tiren, tirien, teorien, from Old English tȳrian, tÄ“orian (“to fail, cease, become weary, be tired, exhausted; tire, weary, exhaust"), from Proto-Germanic *tiuzÅnÄ… (“to cease"), from Proto-Indo-European *deus-, *dÄ“wÇ- (“to fail, be behind, lag"). Compare Ancient Greek δεÏομαι (deýomai, “to lack"), Sanskrit [script?] (doá¹£a, “crime, fault, vice, deficiency"). [Devanagari?]
Verb (third-person singular simple present tires, present participle tiring, simple past and past participle tired)
- (obsolete) To dress or adorn.
Origin From Middle English tire (“equipment") aphetic form of attire
Verb (third-person singular simple present tires, present participle tiring, simple past and past participle tired)
- Ben Jonson
- Ye dregs of baseness, vultures among men, / That tire upon the hearts of generous spirits.
- Shakespeare
- Upon that were my thoughts tiring.
Origin French tirer (“to draw or pull"), akin to English tear (“to rend").
