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fa⋅tigue

  [fuh-teeg] noun, adjective, verb, -tigued, -ti⋅guing.
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–noun
1. weariness from bodily or mental exertion.
2. a cause of weariness; slow ordeal; exertion: the fatigue of driving for many hours.
3. Physiology. temporary diminution of the irritability or functioning of organs, tissues, or cells after excessive exertion or stimulation.
4. Civil Engineering. the weakening or breakdown of material subjected to stress, esp. a repeated series of stresses.
5. Also called fatigue duty. Military.
a. labor of a generally nonmilitary kind done by soldiers, such as cleaning up an area, digging drainage ditches, or raking leaves.
b. the state of being engaged in such labor: on fatigue.
6. fatigues, Military. fatigue clothes.
–adjective
7. of or pertaining to fatigues or any clothing made to resemble them: The guerrilla band wore fatigue pants and field jackets. She brought fatigue shorts to wear on the hike.
–verb (used with object)
8. to weary with bodily or mental exertion; exhaust the strength of: Endless chatter fatigues me.
9. Civil Engineering. to subject (a material) to fatigue.
–verb (used without object)
10. to become fatigued.
11. Civil Engineering. (of a material) to undergo fatigue.
Origin:
1685–95; < F fatigue (n.), fatiguer (v.) < L fatīgāre to tire

Related forms:
fa⋅tigue⋅less, adjective
fa⋅ti⋅guing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
8. tire, debilitate, enervate.
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fa·tigue   (fə-tēg')   
n.  
  1. Physical or mental weariness resulting from exertion.
  2. Something, such as tiring effort or activity, that causes weariness: the fatigue of a long hike.
  3. Physiology The decreased capacity or complete inability of an organism, an organ, or a part to function normally because of excessive stimulation or prolonged exertion.
  4. The weakening or failure of a material, such as metal or wood, resulting from prolonged stress.
    1. Manual or menial labor, such as barracks cleaning, assigned to soldiers.
    2. fatigues Clothing worn by military personnel for labor or for field duty.
v.   fa·tigued, fa·tigu·ing, fa·tigues

v.   tr.
  1. To tire with physical or mental exertion; weary.
  2. To create fatigue in (a metal or other material).
v.   intr.
To be or become fatigued. See Synonyms at tire1.

[French, from Old French, from fatiguer, to fatigue, from Latin fatīgāre.]
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Fatigue

Fa*tigue"\, n. [F., fr. fatiguer to fatigue, L. fatigare; cf. L. affatim sufficiently.]

1. Weariness from bodily labor or mental exertion; lassitude or exhaustion of strength.

2. The cause of weariness; labor; toil; as, the fatigues of war. --Dryden.

3. The weakening of a metal when subjected to repeated vibrations or strains.

Fatigue call (Mil.), a summons, by bugle or drum, to perform fatigue duties.

Fatigue dress, the working dress of soldiers.

Fatigue duty (Mil.), labor exacted from soldiers aside from the use of arms. --Farrow.

Fatigue party, a party of soldiers on fatigue duty.

Fatigue

Fa*tigue"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fatigued; p. pr. & vb. n. Fatiguing, n.] [Cf. F. fatiguer. See Fatigue, n.] To weary with labor or any bodily or mental exertion; to harass with toil; to exhaust the strength or endurance of; to tire.

Syn: To jade; tire; weary; bore. See Jade.
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Language Translation for : fatigue
Spanish: fatiga, cansancio,
German: die Müdigkeit,
Japanese: 疲労
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fatigue 
1669, from Fr. fatigue "weariness," from fatiguer "to tire," from L. fatigare, originally "to cause to break down," later, "to tire out," from reconstructed adj. *fati-agos "driving to the point of breakdown," from Old Latin *fatis (of unknown origin, related to adv. affatim "sufficiently" and to fatisci "crack, split") + root of agere "to drive" (see act). Fatigues appeared 1836, from sense of a soldier's non-military duties (1776).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: 1fa·tigue
Pronunciation: f&-'tEg
Function: noun
1 : weariness or exhaustion from labor, exertion, or stress
2 : the temporary loss of power to respond induced in a sensory receptor or motor end organ by continued stimulation

Main Entry: 2fatigue
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: fa·tigued; fa·tigu·ing
transitive senses
1 : toweary with labor or exertion
2 : to induce a condition of fatigue in (as an effector organ) fatigue intransitive senses
: to be affected with fatigue : become weary
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fatigue fa·tigue (fə-tēg')
n.

  1. Physical or mental weariness resulting from exertion.
  2. A sensation of boredom and lassitude due to absence of stimulation, to monotony, or to lack of interest in one's surroundings.
  3. The decreased capacity or complete inability of an organism, an organ, or a part to function normally because of excessive stimulation or prolonged exertion.

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