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Tire vs. Tyre

Tire and Tyre Definitions

Tire

To lose energy or strength; grow weary
When you're sick, you tend to tire easily.

Tyre

Variant of tire2.

Tire

To grow bored or impatient
The audience tired after the first 30 minutes of the movie.

Tyre

The ring-shaped protective covering around a wheel which is usually made of rubber or plastic composite and is either pneumatic or solid.
Pneumatic tyres
Runflat tyres

Tire

To diminish the energy or strength; fatigue
The long walk tired me.

Tyre

The metal#Adjective rim, or metal covering on a rim, of a (wooden or metal) wheel, usually of steel or formerly wrought iron, as found on (horse-drawn or railway) carriages and wagons and on locomotives.
Iron tyres for the coach and iron shoes for the horse
Tyres and rails of steel, and every axle with roller bearings
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Tire

To exhaust the interest or patience of.

Tyre

(India) Curdled milk.

Tire

To adorn or attire.

Tyre

Attire.

Tire

A covering for a wheel, usually made of rubber reinforced with cords of nylon, fiberglass, or other material and filled with compressed air.

Tyre

(transitive) To fit tyres to (a vehicle).
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Tire

A hoop of metal or rubber fitted around a wheel.

Tyre

To adorn.

Tire

Attire.

Tyre

Curdled milk.

Tire

A headband or headdress.

Tyre

Attire. See 2d and 3d Tire.
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Tire

(intransitive) To become sleepy or weary.

Tyre

To prey upon. See 4th Tire.

Tire

(transitive) To make sleepy or weary.

Tyre

A port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea; formerly a major Phoenician seaport famous for silks

Tire

(intransitive) To become bored or impatient (with).
I tire of this book.

Tyre

Hoop that covers a wheel;
Automobile tires are usually made of rubber and filled with compressed air

Tire

(transitive) To bore.

Tire

To dress or adorn.

Tire

(obsolete) To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does.

Tire

(obsolete) To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything.

Tire

Alternative spelling of tyre#Etymology 1: The rubber covering on a wheel.

Tire

(American spelling) tyre#Etymology 1: The metal rim of a wheel, especially that of a railroad locomotive.

Tire

A child's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore. Also tier.

Tire

(obsolete) Accoutrements, accessories.

Tire

(obsolete) Dress, clothes, attire.

Tire

A covering for the head; a headdress.

Tire

A tier, row, or rank. See Tier.
In posture to displode their second tireOf thunder.

Tire

Attire; apparel.

Tire

A covering for the head; a headdress.
On her head she wore a tire of gold.

Tire

A child's apron, covering the breast and having no sleeves; a pinafore; a tier.

Tire

Furniture; apparatus; equipment.

Tire

A ring, hoop or band, as of rubber or metal, on the circumference of the wheel of a vehicle, to impart strength and receive the wear. In Britain, spelled tyre.

Tire

To adorn; to attire; to dress.
[Jezebel] painted her face, and tired her head.

Tire

To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does.
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.

Tire

To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything.
Thus made she her remove,And left wrath tiring on her son.
Upon that were my thoughts tiring.

Tire

To become weary; to be fatigued; to have the strength fail; to have the patience exhausted; as, a feeble person soon tires.

Tire

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.

Tire

Hoop that covers a wheel;
Automobile tires are usually made of rubber and filled with compressed air

Tire

Get tired of something or somebody

Tire

Exhaust or tire through overuse or great strain or stress;
We wore ourselves out on this hike

Tire

Deplete;
Exhaust one's savings
We quickly played out our strength

Tire

Cause to be bored

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