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tyre US, tire [ˈtaɪə] n 1. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) a rubber ring placed over the rim of a wheel of a road vehicle to provide traction and reduce road shocks, esp a hollow inflated ring (pneumatic tyre) consisting of a reinforced outer casing enclosing an inner tube See also tubeless tyre, cross-ply, radial-ply 2. (Transport / Railways) a ring of wear-resisting steel shrunk thermally onto a cast-iron railway wheel 3. a metal band or hoop attached to the rim of a wooden cartwheel vb (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) (tr) to fit a tyre or tyres to (a wheel, vehicle, etc.) [variant of C15 tire, probably from tire3] Tyre, Tyr [ˈtaɪə] n
(Placename) a port in S Lebanon, on the Mediterranean: founded about the 15th century bc; for centuries a major Phoenician seaport, famous for silks and its Tyrian-purple dye; now a small market town. Pop.: 70 000 (1991 est.) Arabic name Sur ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations Tyre [ˈtaɪəʳ] N → Tiro m tyre tire (US) [ˈtaɪəʳ] tyre [ˈtaɪər] tire (US) n → pneu m tyre lever n (British) → démonte-pneu m tyre marks npl → traces fpl de pneu tyre pressure n → pression f des pneus tyre, (US) tire n he has tyres (hum inf) → er hat Speckrollen am Bauch (inf) tyre, (US) tire: tyre gauge n → Reifendruckmesser m tyre lever n → Montiereisen nt tyre pressure n → Reifendruck m tyre tire (Am) [ˈtaɪəʳ] n (Aut) → gomma, pneumatico tyre tire (Am) [ˈtaɪəʳ] n (Aut) → gomma, pneumatico n tyre [ˈtaiə] a thick, rubber, usually air-filled strip around the edge of the wheel of a car, bicycle etc The tyres of this car don't have enough air in them. band إطار، عَجَلَه гума pneumatika dæk der Reifen ελαστικό οχήματος neumático rehv حلقه لاستیک rengas pneu צְמִיג टायर, हाल guma na kotaču gumi(abroncs), köpeny ban hjólbarði pneumatico, gomma タイヤ 타이어 padanga riepa tayar band (bil)dekk opona pneu шина pneumatika zračnica guma däck ยางรถ araba dış lâstiği 輪胎 шина; покришка ٹائر، پہيے کے اوپر کا خول lốp, vỏ 轮胎 Tyre → إطار العجلة pneumatika dæk Autoreifen λάστιχο neumático rengas pneu guma ruota タイヤ 타이어 band dekk opona pneu шина däck ยางรถ lastik lốp xe 轮胎 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| In answer to the challenge of this ambitious structure Time had laid his destroying hand upon it, and it would soon be "one with Nineveh and Tyre. Besides though New Bedford has of late been gradually monopolizing the business of whaling, and though in this matter poor old Nantucket is now much behind her, yet Nantucket was her great original --the Tyre of this Carthage; --the place where the first dead American whale was stranded. Then perhaps the bell would jam or a brake fail to act on a hill; or the seat-pillar would get loose, and the saddle drop three or four inches with a disconcerting bump; or the loose and rattling chain would jump the cogs of the chain-wheel as the machine ran downhill, and so bring the mechanism to an abrupt and disastrous stop without at the same time arresting the forward momentum of the rider; or a tyre would bang, or sigh quietly, and give up the struggle for efficiency. |
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