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- [tahyuh r]
- /taɪər/
- /ˈtaɪə(r)/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [tahyuh r]
- /taɪər/
Definitions of tire word
- verb with object tire Archaic. to dress (the head or hair), especially with a headdress. 1
- verb with object tire Obsolete. to attire or array. 1
- verb without object tire to have the strength reduced or exhausted, as by labor or exertion; become fatigued; be sleepy. 1
- verb without object tire to have one's appreciation, interest, patience, etc., exhausted; become or be weary; become bored (usually followed by of): He soon tired of playing billiards. 1
- noun tire Archaic. a headdress. 1
- noun tire Obsolete. attire or dress. 1
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Origin of tire
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; late Middle English (Scots) tyren (v.), Old English tȳrian, variant of tēorian to weary, be wearied
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Parts of speech for Tire
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
tire popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
tire usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for tire
verb tire
- anesthetize — to cause anesthesia in; give an anesthetic to
- anesthetized — to render physically insensible, as by an anesthetic.
- aways — to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
- bankrupted — Law. a person who upon his or her own petition or that of his or her creditors is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is administered for and divided among his or her creditors under a bankruptcy law.
- bedraggle — to make (hair, clothing, etc) limp, untidy, or dirty, as with rain or mud
noun tire
- cirque — a semicircular or crescent-shaped basin with steep sides and a gently sloping floor formed in mountainous regions by the erosive action of a glacier
- colure — either of two great circles on the celestial sphere, one of which passes through the celestial poles and the equinoxes and the other through the poles and the solstices
- cordon — A cordon is a line or ring of police, soldiers, or vehicles preventing people from entering or leaving an area.
- disc — any thin, flat, circular plate or object.
- ecliptic — Astronomy. the great circle formed by the intersection of the plane of the earth's orbit with the celestial sphere; the apparent annual path of the sun in the heavens. an analogous great circle on a terrestrial globe.
Antonyms for tire
verb tire
- activize — to make active
- amuse — If something amuses you, it makes you want to laugh or smile.
- anesthetize — to cause anesthesia in; give an anesthetic to
- anesthetized — to render physically insensible, as by an anesthetic.
- animate — Something that is animate has life, in contrast to things like stones and machines which do not.
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