TIRE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tire mean? 

• TIRE (noun)
  The noun TIRE has 1 sense:

1. hoop that covers a wheel

  Familiarity information: TIRE used as a noun is very rare.

• TIRE (verb)
  The verb TIRE has 4 senses:

1. lose interest or become bored with something or somebody

2. exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress

3. deplete

4. cause to be bored

  Familiarity information: TIRE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TIRE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hoop that covers a wheel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

tire; tyre

Context example:

automobile tires are usually made of rubber and filled with compressed air

Hypernyms ("tire" is a kind of...):

hoop; ring (a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tire"):

auto tire; automobile tire; car tire; rubber tire (a tire consisting of a rubber ring around the rim of an automobile wheel)

pneumatic tire; pneumatic tyre (a tire made of reinforced rubber and filled with compressed air; used on motor vehicles and bicycles etc)

wagon tire (a metal hoop forming the tread of a wheel)

• TIRE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they tire    ... he / she / it tires   
Past simple: tired   
Past participle: tired   
-ing form: tiring   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lose interest or become bored with something or somebody

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

fatigue; jade; pall; tire; weary

Context example:

I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food

Hypernyms (to "tire" is one way to...):

degenerate; deteriorate; devolve; drop (grow worse)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "tire"):

conk out; peter out; poop out; run down; run out (use up all one's strength and energy and stop working)

retire; withdraw (lose interest)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

fag; fag out; fatigue; jade; outwear; tire; tire out; wear; wear down; wear out; wear upon; weary

Context example:

We wore ourselves out on this hike

Hypernyms (to "tire" is one way to...):

indispose (cause to feel unwell)

Cause:

fatigue; jade; pall; tire; weary (lose interest or become bored with something or somebody)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "tire"):

beat; exhaust; tucker; tucker out; wash up (wear out completely)

overfatigue; overtire; overweary (tire excessively)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Antonym:

refresh (make fresh again)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Deplete

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

exhaust; play out; run down; sap; tire

Context example:

We quickly played out our strength

Hypernyms (to "tire" is one way to...):

consume; deplete; eat; eat up; exhaust; run through; use up; wipe out (use up (resources or materials))

Verb group:

play out (become spent or exhausted)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 4

Meaning:

Cause to be bored

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

bore; tire

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The performance is likely to tire Sue

 Context examples 

I was pretty tired and worn out when I got to Hillingham.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book!

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Three days passed, by which time Buck and his mates found how really tired and weak they were.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

By that time she was tired of walking, and sat by the fire with her dress tucked up as usual.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

“Unless, of course, you have grown tired of my poor efforts.”

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I then sat down: I felt weak and tired.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Mother isn't sick, only very tired, and she says she is going to stay quietly in her room all day and let us do the best we can.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

But he sent reply, saying that he was hungry and tired; also that his igloo was large and comfortable and could hold many men.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Functional Assessment of Multiple Sclerosis (FAMS) Thinking and Fatigue: I have trouble finishing things because I am tired.

(FAMS - Trouble Finishing Things Because I Am Tired, NCI Thesaurus)

Functional Assessment of Multiple Sclerosis (FAMS) Thinking and Fatigue: I have trouble starting things because I am tired.

(FAMS - Trouble Starting Things Because I Am Tired, NCI Thesaurus)