tire

/'taiə/

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Explanation of the Word "Tire"

Part of Speech: - Noun - Verb

Advanced Usage:

• In a more advanced context, you might use "tire" in expressions like "to tire of something," which means to lose interest or become bored with it.

  • "She began to tire of the same routine every day."

Word Variants:

• Tired (adjective): Feeling in need of rest or sleep.
  • Example: "I feel tired after a long day at work."
• Tiring (adjective): Causing fatigue; exhausting.
  • Example: "The workout was very tiring."

Different Meanings:

• Tire (noun): The rubber covering on a wheel.
• Tire (verb): To exhaust someone or to cause boredom.

Synonyms:

• For the noun "tire":

  • Wheel covering
  • Rubber tire

• For the verb "tire":

  • Exhaust
  • Weary
  • Fatigue
  • Bore

Idioms and Phrasal Verbs:

• Tire out: To make someone extremely tired.

  • Example: "The kids tired me out with all their playing."

• Tire of: To lose interest in something.

Academic

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

Synonyms

• tyre
• bore
• run down
• exhaust
• play out
• sap
• pall
• weary
• fatigue
• jade