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Tiered and Tired Definitions

Tiered

One of a series of rows placed one above another
A stadium with four tiers of seats.

Tired

Exhausted of strength or energy; fatigued.

Tiered

A rank or class.

Tired

Impatient; bored
Tired of the same old sandwiches.

Tiered

To arrange (something) into or rise in tiers
Tier a wedding cake.
Balconies that tier upward.
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Tired

Overused; hackneyed
A tired joke.

Tiered

Simple past tense and past participle of tier

Tired

Simple past tense and past participle of tire

Tiered

Having or made of tiers
A tiered wedding cake
Tiered seating

Tired

In need of some rest or sleep.
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Tiered

Having or arranged in tiers;
A tiered mound

Tired

Fed up, annoyed, irritated, sick of.
I'm tired of this

Tired

Overused, cliché.
A tired song

Tired

Ineffectual; incompetent

Tired

Weary; fatigued; exhausted.

Tired

Depleted of strength or energy;
Tired mothers with crying babies
Too tired to eat

Tired

Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse;
Bromidic sermons
His remarks were trite and commonplace
Hackneyed phrases
A stock answer
Repeating threadbare jokes
Parroting some timeworn axiom
The trite metaphor `hard as nails'

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