tire
1. tire \'ti-(*)r\ vb [ME tyren, fr. OE te-orian, ty-rian] : to become
weary 1: to exhaust or greatly decrease the physical strength of :
FATIGUE)M 2: to wear out the patience of : bore completelyMFAG mean to make
or become unable or unwilling to continue. TIRE implies a draining of one's
strength or patience; WEARY stresses tiring until one is unable to endure
more of the same thing; FATIGUE suggests causing great lassitude through
excessive strain or undue effort; EXHAUST implies complete draining of
strength by hard exertion; JADE suggests the loss of all freshness and
eagerness; FAG implies a drooping with fatigue SYN syn TIRE, WEARY,
FATIGUE, EXHAUST, JADE, (
2. tire n [ME, short for attire] obs 1: ATTIRE 2: a woman's headband or
hair ornament
3. tire vt obs 1: ATTIRE 2: to dress (the hair)
4. tire n [ME, prob. fr. 2tire] 1: a metal hoop forming the tread of a
wheel 2a: a continuous solid or pneumatic rubber cushion encircling a
wheel usu. consisting when pneumatic of an external rubber-and-fabric
covering containing and protecting from injury an air-filled inner tube 2b:
the external rubber-and-fabric covering of a pneumatic tire