fatigues

fa·tigue  (f-tg)

n.

1. Physical or mental weariness resulting from exertion.

2. Something, such as tiring effort or activity, that causes weariness: the fatigue of a long hike.

3. Physiology The decreased capacity or complete inability of an organism, an organ, or a part to function normally because of excessive stimulation or prolonged exertion.

4. The weakening or failure of a material, such as metal or wood, resulting from prolonged stress.

5.

a. Manual or menial labor, such as barracks cleaning, assigned to soldiers.

b. fatigues Clothing worn by military personnel for labor or for field duty.

v. fa·tigued, fa·tigu·ing, fa·tigues

v.tr.

1. To tire with physical or mental exertion; weary.

2. To create fatigue in (a metal or other material).

v.intr.

To be or become fatigued. See Synonyms at tire¹.

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[French, from Old French, from fatiguer, to fatigue, from Latin fatgre.]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

fatigues - military uniform worn by military personnel when doing menial labor military uniform - prescribed identifying uniform for soldiers plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"