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ALL meanings of fatigue

fa·tigue
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  • noun fatigue Extreme tiredness, typically resulting from mental or physical exertion or illness. 1
  • noun fatigue weariness from bodily or mental exertion. 1
  • noun fatigue a cause of weariness; slow ordeal; exertion: the fatigue of driving for many hours. 1
  • noun fatigue Physiology. temporary diminution of the irritability or functioning of organs, tissues, or cells after excessive exertion or stimulation. 1
  • noun fatigue Civil Engineering. the weakening or breakdown of material subjected to stress, especially a repeated series of stresses. 1
  • noun fatigue Also called fatigue duty. Military. labor of a generally nonmilitary kind done by soldiers, such as cleaning up an area, digging drainage ditches, or raking leaves. the state of being engaged in such labor: on fatigue. 1
  • noun fatigue fatigues, Military. fatigue clothes. 1
  • adjective fatigue of or relating to fatigues or any clothing made to resemble them: The guerrilla band wore fatigue pants and field jackets. She brought fatigue shorts to wear on the hike. 1
  • verb with object fatigue to weary with bodily or mental exertion; exhaust the strength of: Endless chatter fatigues me. 1
  • verb with object fatigue Civil Engineering. to subject (a material) to fatigue. 1
  • verb without object fatigue to become fatigued. 1
  • verb without object fatigue Civil Engineering. (of a material) to undergo fatigue. 1
  • noun fatigue person: physical tiredness 1
  • noun fatigue person: mental weariness 1
  • noun fatigue material: weakening 1
  • noun plural fatigue military clothing 1
  • transitive verb fatigue tire 1
  • uncountable noun fatigue Fatigue is a feeling of extreme physical or mental tiredness. 0
  • uncountable noun fatigue You can say that people are suffering from a particular kind of fatigue when they have been doing something for a long time and feel they can no longer continue to do it. 0
  • noun plural fatigue Fatigues are clothes that soldiers wear when they are fighting or when they are doing routine jobs. 0
  • uncountable noun fatigue Fatigue in metal or wood is a weakness in it that is caused by repeated stress. Fatigue can cause the metal or wood to break. 0
  • noun fatigue physical or mental exhaustion due to exertion 0
  • noun fatigue a tiring activity or effort 0
  • noun fatigue the temporary inability of an organ or part to respond to a stimulus because of overactivity 0
  • noun fatigue the progressive cracking of a material subjected to alternating stresses, esp vibrations 0
  • noun fatigue the temporary inability to respond to a situation or perform a function, because of overexposure or overactivity 0
  • noun fatigue any of the mainly domestic duties performed by military personnel, esp as a punishment 0
  • noun fatigue (as modifier) 0
  • noun fatigue special clothing worn by military personnel to carry out such duties 0
  • verb fatigue to make or become weary or exhausted 0
  • verb fatigue to crack or break (a material or part) by inducing fluctuating stresses in it, or (of a metal or part) to become weakened or fail as a result of fluctuating stresses 0
  • noun fatigue physical or mental exhaustion; weariness 0
  • noun fatigue the cause of this; hard work; toil 0
  • noun fatigue any manual labor or menial duty, other than drill or instruction, assigned to soldiers 0
  • noun fatigue sturdy work clothing worn by soldiers doing fatigue duty 0
  • noun fatigue the tendency of a metal or other material to crack and fail under repeated applications of stress 0
  • noun fatigue the decreased ability to function or inability to respond of an organism or one of its parts due to prolonged exertion or repeated stimulation 0
  • verb transitive fatigue to make or become tired or exhausted; weary 0
  • verb transitive fatigue to subject to or undergo fatigue 0
  • noun fatigue If a material is subject to fatigue, it gradually cracks as stresses, especially vibrations, are repeatedly applied to it. 0
  • verb fatigue If something fatigues a material or part, it cracks or breaks it by repeatedly putting stresses on it, or if a material or part fatigues it gradually cracks or breaks. 0
  • noun fatigue A weariness caused by exertion; exhaustion. 0
  • noun fatigue (often in the plural) A menial task(s), especially in the military. 0
  • noun fatigue (engineering) Material failure, such as cracking or separation, caused by stress on the material. 0
  • verb fatigue (Transitive Verb) to tire or make weary by physical or mental exertion. 0
  • verb fatigue (Intransitive Verb) to lose so much strength or energy that one becomes tired, weary, feeble or exhausted. 0
  • verb fatigue (Intransitive Verb) (engineering, of a material specimen) to undergo the process of fatigue; to fail as a result of fatigue. 0
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