tire
verb
[ tʌɪə ]
• feel or cause to feel in need of rest or sleep.
• "soon the ascent grew steeper and he began to tire"
Similar:
get/grow/become tired,
become fatigued,
weaken,
grow weak,
lose one's strength,
flag,
droop,
drop,
fatigue,
tire out,
wear out,
overtire,
weary,
exhaust,
drain,
sap,
wash out,
tax,
overtax,
enervate,
debilitate,
enfeeble,
jade,
incapacitate,
devitalize,
prostrate,
whack,
shatter,
bush,
knacker,
frazzle,
wear to a frazzle,
poop,
take it out of,
fag out,
do in,
knock out,
exhausting,
wearying,
fatiguing,
enervating,
draining,
sapping,
stressful,
wearing,
trying,
crushing,
demanding,
exacting,
taxing,
challenging,
burdensome,
arduous,
gruelling,
punishing,
grinding,
onerous,
difficult,
hard,
tough,
heavy,
laborious,
back-breaking,
crippling,
strenuous,
rigorous,
uphill,
stringent,
strict,
killing,
murderous,
hellish,
exigent,
• lose interest in; become bored with.
• "the media will tire of publicizing every protest"
Origin:
Old English tēorian ‘fail, come to an end’, also ‘become physically exhausted’, of unknown origin.
tire
noun
• US spelling of tyre.
tyre
noun
• a rubber covering, typically inflated or surrounding an inflated inner tube, placed round a wheel to form a soft contact with the road.
Origin:
late 15th century (denoting the curved pieces of iron plate with which carriage wheels were formerly shod): perhaps a variant of archaic tire, shortening of attire (because the tyre was the ‘clothing’ of the wheel).
