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
