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Noun: tire tI(-u)r Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: tyre)
- Hoop that covers a wheel
"automobile tires are usually made of rubber and filled with compressed air"; - tyre [Brit] Verb: tire tI(-u)r- Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
"We tired ourselves out on this hike"; - wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out [Brit, informal], fag [informal], fatigue, knacker [Brit, informal] - Lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
"I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food"; - pall, weary, fatigue, jade - Deplete, exhaust or weaken
"tire one's savings"; - run down, exhaust, play out, sap - Be dull and cause to lose interest
- bore
Sounds like: tine, tir Derived forms: tiring, tires, tired Type of: consume, degenerate, deplete, deteriorate, devolve, drop, eat, eat up, exhaust, hoop, indispose, ring, run through, use up, wipe out Encyclopedia: Tire, Turkey |