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Tire has 10 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

hoop that covers a wheel

"automobile tires are usually made of rubber and filled with compressed air"

2

Accoutrements, accessories.

"The ancient fortress was built in three tiers of stone to defend against invaders."

3

A tier, row, or rank.

In plain English: A tire is the rubber covering that goes around your car's wheel to help it roll on the road.

"The old tires on his car were worn out from all that driving."

Verb
1

lose interest or become bored with something or somebody

"I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food"

2

exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress

"We wore ourselves out on this hike"

3

deplete

"exhaust one's savings"

"We quickly played out our strength"

4

cause to be bored

"The endless meeting began to tire everyone in the room."

5

To become sleepy or weary.

"The hungry hawk tires its sharp talons into the trembling rabbit before it can escape."

6

To dress or adorn.

7

To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does.

In plain English: To tire means to become too tired from doing something for a long time so that you can't keep going anymore.

"After walking for hours, I was too tired to go any further."

Usage: Use the verb form to describe becoming physically exhausted from activity rather than losing interest in something. Do not confuse this meaning with the noun sense referring to vehicle wheels or rubber rings.

Example Sentences
"The old tires on his car were worn out from all that driving." noun
"The old tire on his bicycle was worn out from all that rain." noun
"She had to buy a new inner tube for the flat tire." noun
"He checked the spare tire in case one of the others blew out again." noun
"After walking for hours, I was too tired to go any further." verb
Related Terms
Antonyms
freshen interest
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
hoop devolve indispose consume
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
car tire pneumatic tire wagon tire poop out retire exhaust overtire

Origin

The word tire comes from Old English tȳrian, which originally meant to fail, cease, or become exhausted. Although its ultimate roots are uncertain and possibly linked to ancient words for lacking something, it entered Middle English with the sense of growing weary before taking on its modern meaning of wearing out through use.

Rhyming Words
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