The Meaning of tire

• (n.) A tier, row, or rank. See Tier.
• (n.) Attire; apparel.
• (n.) A covering for the head; a headdress.
• (n.) A child's apron, covering the breast and having no sleeves; a pinafore; a tier.
• (n.) Furniture; apparatus; equipment.
• (n.) A hoop or band, as of metal, on the circumference of the wheel of a vehicle, to impart strength and receive the wear.
• (v. t.) To adorn; to attire; to dress.
• (v. i.) To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does.
• (v. i.) To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything.
• (v. i.) To become weary; to be fatigued; to have the strength fail; to have the patience exhausted; as, a feeble person soon tires.
• (v. t.) To exhaust the strength of, as by toil or labor; to exhaust the patience of; to wear out (one's interest, attention, or the like); to weary; to fatigue; to jade.

Synonyms

tyre , pall , weary , fatigue , jade , wear upon , tire out , wear , weary , jade , wear out , outwear , wear down , fag out , fag , fatigue , run down , exhaust , play out , sap , bore

Antonyms

refresh , interest

Homophones

tyer

Rhymes

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