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tire
verb
noun
To become sleepy or weary.
Quick reference
Word Facts
- Word length
- 4
- Starts with
- T
- Ends with
- E
- Contains
- IR
- Scrabble score
- 4
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
How it sounds
Pronunciation
/ˈtʌɪ̯ɚ/ /ˈtaɪ̯ə(ɹ)/ /ˈtaɪ̯ɚ/
Meaning
Definitions
verb
To become sleepy or weary.
To make sleepy or weary.
To become bored or impatient (with).
“I tire of this book.”
To bore.
noun
Accoutrements, accessories.
Dress, clothes, attire.
A covering for the head; a headdress.
Metal rim of a wheel, especially that of a railroad locomotive.
The rubber covering on a wheel; a tyre.
A child's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore. Also tier.
verb
To dress or adorn.
verb
To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does.
To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything.
noun
A tier, row, or rank.
In context
Example Sentences
I tire of this book.