Etymology : Middle English tyren, from Old English tEorian, tyrian
Pronunciation : 'tIr
Function : verb
Date : before 12th century
1. hyphen. dash.
2. make exhausted, make weary. rubber tube fixed around the wheel of a vehicle. tire\tire\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. tired ; p. pr. & vb. n. tiring.] [oe. teorien to become weary, to fail, as. teorian to be tired, be weary, to tire, exhaust; perhaps akin to e. tear to rend, the intermediate sense being, perhaps, to wear out; or cf. e. tarry.] to become weary; to be fatigued; to have the strength fail; to have the patience exhausted; as, a feeble person soon tires.tire \tire\ , n. a tier, row, or rank. see:
tier. [obs.] in posture to displode their second tire of thunder.tire \tire\, n. [aphetic form of attire; oe. tir, a tir. see:
attire.].
3. attire; apparel. [archaic] "having rich tire about you.".
4. a covering for the head; a headdress. on her head she wore a tire of gold.
5. a child's apron, covering the breast and having no sleeves; a pinafore; a tier.
6. furniture; apparatus; equipment. [obs.] "the tire of war." ips.
7. [probably the same word, and so called as being an attire or covering for the wheel.] a hoop or band, as of metal, on the circumference of the wheel of a vehicle, to impart strength and receive the wear.note: the iron tire of a wagon wheel or cart wheel binds the fellies together. the tire of a locomotive or railroad-car wheel is a heavy hoop of iron or steel shrunk tightly upon an iron central part. the wheel of a bicycle has a tire of india rubber.tire \tire\, v. t. to adorn; to attire; to dress. [obs.] [jezebel] painted her face, and tired her head. --2 kings ix. 30.tire \tire\, v. i. [f. tirer to draw or pull; of teutonic origin, and akin to e. tear to rend. see:
tirade.].
8. to seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does. [obs.] even as an empty eagle, sharp by fast, tires with her beak on feathers, flesh, and bone. ye dregs of baseness, vultures among men, that tire upon the hearts of generous spirits. jonson.
9. to seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything. [obs.] thus made she her remove, and left wrath tiring on her son. upon that were my thoughts tiring.tire \tire\, 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. tired with toil, all hopes of safety past.
10. hyphen.
11. A tier, row, or rank.
12. See Tier.
13. Attire; apparel.
14. A covering for the head; a headdress.
15. A child's apron, covering the breast and having no sleeves; a pinafore; a tier.
16. Furniture; apparatus; equipment.
17. A hoop or band, as of metal, on the circumference of the wheel of a vehicle, to impart strength and receive the wear.
18. To adorn; to attire; to dress.
19. To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does.
20. To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything.
21. To become weary; to be fatigued; to have the strength fail; to have the patience exhausted; as, a feeble person soon tires.
22. To exhaust the strength of, as by toil or labor; to exhaust the patience of; to wear out ; to weary; to fatigue; to jade. hoop that covers a wheel; "automobile tires are usually made of rubber and filled with compressed air" exhaust or tire through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike" get tired of something or somebody.
23. hyphen, dash. hyphen, dash. cotton thread.
24. cotton thread. sewing cotton. hyphen.
25. 1. If something tires you or if you tire, you feel that you have used a lot of energy and you want to rest or sleep. If driving tires you, take the train He tired easily, though he was unable to sleep well at night.
26. If you tire of something, you no longer wish to do it, because you have become bored of it or unhappy with it. He felt he would never tire of international cricket = weary.
27. A tire is the same as a tyre. to start to feel tired, or make someone feel tired. Rubber cushion that fits around a wheel and usually contains compressed air. Solid-rubber tires were used on road vehicles until they were replaced by air-filled pneumatic tires, which, although first patented by Robert Thomson (1822-1873) in 1845, came into common use only when John Dunlop (1840-1921) put them on bicycles in 1888 and the French manufacturer Michelin began to produce them for motor vehicles. The tire consisted of an inner tube containing compressed air that was covered by an outer rubber casing to provide traction. In the 1950s tubeless tires became standard on most automobiles. Improved tire construction produced the radial-ply tire.