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tire

/ˈtʌɪ̯ɚ/ · verb

Meaning

  1. To become sleepy or weary.
  2. To make sleepy or weary.
  3. To become bored or impatient (with).
  4. To bore.
  5. Accoutrements, accessories.
  6. Dress, clothes, attire.
  7. A covering for the head; a headdress.
  8. Metal rim of a wheel, especially that of a railroad locomotive.
  9. The rubber covering on a wheel; a tyre.
  10. A child's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore. Also tier.
  11. To dress or adorn.
  12. To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does.
  13. To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything.
  14. A tier, row, or rank.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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