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tire |
8 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tier \Ti"er\, n. [See {Tire} a headdress.] A chold's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore. [Written also {tire}.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tire \Tire\, n. A tier, row, or rank. See {Tier}. [Obs.] In posture to displode their second tire Of thunder. --Milton. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tire \Tire\, n. [Aphetic form of attire; OE tir, a tir. See {Attire}.] 1. Attire; apparel. [Archaic] ``Having rich tire about you.'' --Shak. 2. A covering for the head; a headdress. On her head she wore a tire of gold. --Spenser. 3. A child's apron, covering the breast and having no sleeves; a pinafore; a tier. 4. Furniture; apparatus; equipment. [Obs.] ``The tire of war.'' --Philips. 5. [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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. --Shak. Tired with toil, all hopes of safety past. --Dryden. {To tire out}, to weary or fatigue to exhaustion; to harass. Syn: To jade; weary; exhaust; harass. See {Jade}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tire \Tire\, v. t. To adorn; to attire; to dress. [Obs.] [Jezebel] painted her face, and tired her head. --2 Kings ix 30. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tire \Tire\, v. i. [F. tirer to draw or pull of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. tear to rend. See {Tirade}.] 1. 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. --Shak. Ye dregs of baseness, vultures among men, That tire upon the hearts of generous spirits. --B. Jonson 2. 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. --Chapman. Upon that were my thoughts tiring. --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tire n : covering for a wheel; "automobile tires are usually made of rubber and filled with compressed air" [syn: {tyre}] v 1: get tired of something or somebody [syn: {pall}, {weary}, {fatigue}, {jade}] 2: exhaust or tire though overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike" [syn: {wear upon}, {tire out}, {wear}, {weary}, {jade}, {wear out}, {outwear}, {wear down}, {fag out}, {fag}, {fatigue}] [ant: {refresh}] 3: deplete; "exhaust one's savings" [syn: {run down}, {exhaust}, {sap}, {use up}] 4: cause to be bored [syn: {bore}] [ant: {interest}]
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