tire

tire ¹  (tr)

v. tired, tir·ing, tires

v.intr.

1. To grow weary.

2. To grow bored or impatient.

v.tr.

1. To diminish the strength or energy of; fatigue.

2. To exhaust the interest or patience of; bore.

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[Middle English tiren, from Old English torian, tyrian; see deu-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

Synonyms: tire¹, weary, fatigue, exhaust, jade²
These verbs mean to cause or undergo depletion of strength, energy, spirit, interest, or patience. Tire often suggests a state resulting from exertion, excess, dullness, or ennui: "When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life" Samuel Johnson.
Weary often implies dissatisfaction, as that resulting from what is irksome or boring: found the long journey wearying; soon wearied of their constant bickering.
Fatigue implies great weariness, as that caused by stress or overwork: "fatigued by an endless rotation of thought and wild alarms" Mary Wollstonecraft.
To exhaust means to wear out completely, and it connotes total draining of physical or emotional strength: "Like all people who try to exhaust a subject, he exhausted his listeners" Oscar Wilde.
Jade refers principally to dullness that most often results from overindulgence: "Contemplation of works of art without understanding them jades the faculties and enslaves the intelligence" John Ruskin.

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tire ²  (tr)

n.

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

2. A hoop of metal or rubber fitted around a wheel.

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[Middle English, iron rim of a wheel, probably from tir, attire, short for atire, from attiren, to attire; see attire.]

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tire ¹

Verb

[tiring, tired]

1. to reduce the energy of, as by exertion: she could still do things that would tire women half her age

2. to become wearied or bored: he simply stopped talking when he tired of my questions [Old English tēorian]

tiring adj

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tire ²

Noun

US same as tyre

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tire - hoop that covers a wheel; "automobile tires are usually made of rubber and filled with compressed air" tyre auto tire, automobile tire, car tire, rubber tire - a tire consisting of a rubber ring around the rim of an automobile wheel hoop, ring - a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling; "there was still a rusty iron hoop for tying a horse" pneumatic tire, pneumatic tyre - a tire made of reinforced rubber and filled with compressed air; used on motor vehicles and bicycles etc wagon tire - a metal hoop forming the tread of a wheel
Verb	1.	tire - lose interest or become bored with something or somebody; "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food" fatigue, jade, weary, pall degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, drop - grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match" poop out, conk out, peter out, run down, run out - use up all one's strength and energy and stop working; "At the end of the march, I pooped out" retire, withdraw - lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"
	2.	tire - exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike" fag out, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary, tire out, fatigue, jade, outwear, fag, wear indispose - cause to feel unwell; "She was indisposed" exhaust, tucker, tucker out, wash up, beat - wear out completely; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam" overfatigue, overtire, overweary - tire excessively refreshen, freshen, refresh - make fresh again
	3.	tire - deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength" play out, sap, exhaust, run down play out - become spent or exhausted; "The champion's strength played out fast" deplete, use up, wipe out, eat up, exhaust, run through, eat, consume - use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"
	4.	tire - cause to be bored bore

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tire

verb 1. exhaust, drain, fatigue, weary, fag (informal) whack Brit. (informal) wear out, wear down, take it out of (informal) knacker (slang) enervate << OPPOSITE refresh

verb 2. flag, become tired, fail, droop

Translations

tire [ˈtaɪəʳ] n (US) = tyre

vt → cansar

vi (gen) → cansarse (= become bored); aburrirse

tire out vt → agotar, rendir

tire [ˈtaɪəʳ] n (US) = tyre

vt → fatiguer

vi → se fatiguer

tire out vt → épuiser

tire [ˈtaɪəʳ] n (US) = tyre

vt → müde machen, ermüden

vi (= become tired) → müde werden;

to tire of sth → genug von etw haben

tire out tire vt → erschöpfen

tire [ˈtaɪəʳ] vt → stancare

vi → stancarsi

n (US) = tyre

tire out vt → sfinire, spossare

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tire tyre