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tiring
verb
noun
adjective
To become sleepy or weary.
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verb
To become sleepy or weary.
To make sleepy or weary.
To become bored or impatient (with).
“I tire of this book.”
To bore.
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
The action of tiring.
Bits of bone and tough organic material from a corpse given to hawks to abate their hunger.
adjective
That tires or tire.
“Carrying my bags up four flights of stairs is very tiring.”
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I tire of this book.
Carrying my bags up four flights of stairs is very tiring.