Definition

1. Verb (transitive and intransitive):
   • To become or cause to become weary or fatigued: To reduce or experience a reduction in energy, strength, or endurance, often from exertion or boredom.
   • To exhaust or deplete a resource: To use something up completely.
   • To lose or cause to lose interest or patience: To become or make someone become bored or fed up with something.

Usage and Examples

• Verb (Intransitive - to become weary):
  • I tire easily when I don't get enough sleep.
  • The children played for hours without tiring.
• Verb (Transitive - to cause weariness):
  • The long journey tired the travelers.
  • Reading in dim light tires my eyes.
• Verb (Intransitive - to lose interest):
  • He never tires of telling the same old stories.
  • The audience began to tire of the repetitive performance.
• Verb (Transitive - to exhaust a resource):
  • The constant demands tired her patience. (Figurative use meaning 'exhausted' or 'wore out').

Advanced Usage

• "to tire of (something/someone)": To become bored with or lose interest in.
  • She quickly tired of the new video game.
• "to tire out": To exhaust completely, to wear out. (This is a phrasal verb).
  • The hike up the mountain tired us out.

Variants and Related Words

• Tired (adjective): Feeling a need for rest or sleep; weary. Also, bored or impatient.
  • I am too tired to go out.
  • I'm tired of this rainy weather.
• Tiring (adjective): Causing weariness.
  • It was a long and tiring day.
• Tireless (adjective): Having or showing great effort or energy that does not diminish.
  • She is a tireless advocate for human rights.
• Tiresome (adjective): Causing one to feel bored or annoyed.
  • He found the paperwork tiresome.

Synonyms

• Weary: To become or cause to become tired.
• Fatigue: Extreme tiredness or to cause to become very tired.
• Exhaust: To drain of strength or resources completely.
• Bore: To make someone feel weary and uninterested.

Phrasal Verbs

• Tire out: To make someone very tired; to exhaust.
  • Chasing the dog around the yard tired the kids out.

Idioms and Common Phrases

• Never tire of doing something: To always enjoy or find interest in an activity.
  • I never tire of watching the sunset over the ocean.
• Tire of the chase: To give up on pursuing something, often in a romantic or competitive context.
  • After years of rejection, he finally tired of the chase.

Noun

1. hoop that covers a wheel
   • automobile tires are usually made of rubber and filled with compressed air

Verb

1. cause to be bored
2. deplete
   • exhaust one's savings
   • We quickly played out our strength
3. exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
   • We wore ourselves out on this hike
4. lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
   • I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food