tire
/'taiə/
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Definition
- 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
- hoop that covers a wheel
- automobile tires are usually made of rubber and filled with compressed air
Verb
- cause to be bored
- deplete
- exhaust one's savings
- We quickly played out our strength
- exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
- We wore ourselves out on this hike
- lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
- I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food