Meaning
To make someone need a rest, or to start to feel that way yourself. American English also spells the word for a car tyre as tire.
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Word origin
From Old English teorian, meaning to fail or to grow weak.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- teorian
- English cognates
- tired
Grammar
Examples
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"Tire" means to make someone need a rest.
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Here "tire" means to become tired yourself.
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To "tire of" something is to grow bored with it.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 17, lesson 11: tire, borrow, liar and 7 more words.