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tire¹

  • /ˈtaɪ̯ə(ɹ)/ UK
  • /ˈtaɪ̯ɚ/ US
  • [ˈtʰaɪ̯ɚ] US
  • /ˈtɑːɚ/ Appalachia, Southern US
  • /ˈtʌɪ̯ɚ/ Midwestern US
  • /ˈtaɪ(ə)ɹ/ Canada
  • /ˈtʌɪ(ə)ɹ/ Canada
  • [ˈtəj(ə)ɹ] Canada

Sounds like tier, tyre · Rhymes with -aɪə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From Middle English tiren, tirien, teorien, from Old English tȳrian, tēorian (“to fail, cease, become weary, be tired, exhausted; tire, weary, exhaust”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-West Germanic *teuʀōn (“to cease”), which is possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dews- (“to fail, be behind, lag”). Compare Ancient Greek δεύομαι (deúomai, “to lack”), Sanskrit दोष (dóṣa, “crime, fault, vice, deficiency”).

verb tires · tiring · tired · tyre

  1. intransitive To become sleepy or weary. As Moldova understandably tired after a night of ball chasing, Everton left-back Baines scored his first international goal as his deflected free-kick totally wrong-footed Namasco.
  2. transitive To make sleepy or weary.
  3. intransitive To become bored or impatient (with). I tire of this book.
  4. transitive To bore.

    Similar: bend someone's ear, bore, depress, ennui, hold by the button, talk someone under the table, tire, weary

Similar: beleaguer, exhaust, fatigue, fordo, do for, gas out, get down, jade, knock up, poop, run someone ragged, tire, tire out, wear, wear down, wear out, weary

tire²

  • /ˈtaɪ̯ə(ɹ)/ UK
  • /ˈtaɪ̯ɚ/ US
  • [ˈtʰaɪ̯ɚ] US
  • /ˈtɑːɚ/ Appalachia, Southern US
  • /ˈtʌɪ̯ɚ/ Midwestern US
  • /ˈtaɪ(ə)ɹ/ Canada
  • /ˈtʌɪ(ə)ɹ/ Canada
  • [ˈtəj(ə)ɹ] Canada

Sounds like tier, tyre · Rhymes with -aɪə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

Probably from Middle English tir(e) (“equipment, furnshings, ornament”). See the details at tyre.

noun tires · tyre

  1. US and Canada spelling of tyre: The rubber covering on a wheel.
  2. US US spelling of tyre: The metal rim of a wheel, especially that of a railroad locomotive.
  3. A child's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore. Also tier.
  4. obsolete Accoutrements, accessories. the tire of war
  5. obsolete Dress, clothes, attire. Ne spared they to strip her naked all. / Then when they had despoild her tire and call, / Such as she was, their eyes might her behold.
  6. A covering for the head; a headdress. And on her head she wore a tyre of gold,

verb tires · tiring · tired · tyre

  1. obsolete, transitive To dress or adorn. [Jezebel] painted her face, and tired her head.

Similar: beleaguer, exhaust, fatigue, fordo, do for, gas out, get down, jade, knock up, poop, run someone ragged, tire, tire out, wear, wear down, wear out, weary

tire³

  • /ˈtaɪ̯ə(ɹ)/ UK
  • /ˈtaɪ̯ɚ/ US
  • [ˈtʰaɪ̯ɚ] US
  • /ˈtɑːɚ/ Appalachia, Southern US
  • /ˈtʌɪ̯ɚ/ Midwestern US
  • /ˈtaɪ(ə)ɹ/ Canada
  • /ˈtʌɪ(ə)ɹ/ Canada
  • [ˈtəj(ə)ɹ] Canada

Sounds like tier, tyre · Rhymes with -aɪə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From Middle English tire, from Old French tirer (“to draw or pull”), akin to English tear (“to rend”).

verb tires · tiring · tired · tyre

  1. obsolete 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.
  2. obsolete To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything. and now doth gaſtly death With greedie talients gripe my bleeding hart, And like a Harpye tires on my life.

Similar: beleaguer, exhaust, fatigue, fordo, do for, gas out, get down, jade, knock up, poop, run someone ragged, tire, tire out, wear, wear down, wear out, weary

tire⁴

  • /ˈtaɪ̯ə(ɹ)/ UK
  • /ˈtaɪ̯ɚ/ US
  • [ˈtʰaɪ̯ɚ] US
  • /ˈtɑːɚ/ Appalachia, Southern US
  • /ˈtʌɪ̯ɚ/ Midwestern US
  • /ˈtaɪ(ə)ɹ/ Canada
  • /ˈtʌɪ(ə)ɹ/ Canada
  • [ˈtəj(ə)ɹ] Canada

Sounds like tier, tyre · Rhymes with -aɪə(ɹ)

noun tires

  1. A tier, row, or rank. In posture to displode their second tire / Of thunder.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: weary, fatigue, tire out, outwear, wear down, wear out, use up, bore, exhaust, run down, wear, pall, tyre, sap, jade, wear upon

verb

Similar: beleaguer, exhaust, fatigue, fordo, do for, gas out, get down, jade, knock up, poop, run someone ragged, tire, tire out, wear, wear down, wear out, weary

verb

Similar: beleaguer, exhaust, fatigue, fordo, do for, gas out, get down, jade, knock up, poop, run someone ragged, tire, tire out, wear, wear down, wear out, weary

verb

Similar: beleaguer, exhaust, fatigue, fordo, do for, gas out, get down, jade, knock up, poop, run someone ragged, tire, tire out, wear, wear down, wear out, weary

Translations

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verb to become sleepy

Españolcansar, cansarse
한국어피곤하다 pigonhada
日本語疲れる tsukareru
中文勞累 /劳累 láolèi, 累 lèi, 疲倦 píjuàn
हिन्दीथकान thakān
Portuguêscansar, fatigar
Françaisse fatiguer
Deutschermüden
Italianoaffaticarsi
Ελληνικάκουράζομαι kourázomai
Русскийустава́ть ustavátʹ, уста́ть ustátʹ, утомля́ться utomljátʹsja, утоми́ться utomítʹsja
العربيةتَعِبَ taʕiba

verb to make sleepy

Españolcansar
Portuguêscansar, fatigar
Françaisfatiguer
Deutschermüden
Italianoaffaticare
Ελληνικάκουράζω kourázo
Русскийутомля́ть utomljátʹ, утоми́ть utomítʹ

verb to become tired

हिन्दीथकना thaknā
Françaisse fatiguer
Deutschermüden

verb to become bored

Españolcansarse, aburrirse, hartarse
हिन्दीऊबना ūbnā
Italianostancarsi
Русскийнадоеда́ть nadojedátʹ, надое́сть nadojéstʹ

verb to bore

Italianostancare
Русскийнадоеда́ть nadojedátʹ, надое́сть nadojéstʹ

verb to dress or adorn

Portuguêsadornar, enfeitar
Русскийукраша́ть ukrašátʹ, укра́сить ukrásitʹ

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@misc{tire_2026,
  title = {tire},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tire},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}