fatigue

noun fatigues

1. countable, uncountable A weariness caused by exertion; exhaustion. My husband stayed for some days with the magistrate at Cardwell, recruiting his health and recovering from his fatigues, for the passage between Cape York and Cardwell had proved the most tedious and anxious part of the voyage.
2. countable, in plural, often, uncountable A menial task or tasks, especially in the military. Moreover, the habits of business are the most enduring of any; and Lord Norbourne's most positive enjoyment was in what are called the fatigues of office.
3. countable, uncountable Weakening and eventual failure of material, typically by cracking leading to complete separation, caused by repeated application of mechanical stress to the material. Mechanical failures due to fatigue have been the subject of engineering efforts for more than 150 years.
4. US, attributive, countable, uncountable Attributive form of fatigues (“military clothing worn when doing menial tasks”).fatigues He was slouched in the chair behind the duty officer’s desk, cigarette dangling from his lips, hands thrust deep into his fatigue pockets, making a display of his disrespect. The acting clerk, cowering behind his own desk, was either afraid to insist he assume a more military posture, or else didn’t

Similar: fatigue, tiredness, exhaustedness, exhaustion, frazzle, wornness, weariness

verb fatigues · fatiguing · fatigued

1. transitive To tire or make weary by physical or mental exertion.
2. transitive To wilt a salad by dressing or tossing it. The handsome, silver-haired proprietor was absorbed in fatiguing a salad for a family party.
3. intransitive To lose so much strength or energy that one becomes tired, weary, feeble or exhausted.
4. intransitive To undergo the process of fatigue; to fail as a result of fatigue.
5. transitive To cause to undergo the process of fatigue. The repeated pressurization cycles fatigued the airplane's metal skin until it eventually broke up in flight.