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tiring

verb (used with object)

to reduce or exhaust the strength of, as by exertion; make weary; fatigue: The long walk tired him.

to exhaust the interest, patience, etc., of; make weary; bore: Your stories tire me.

verb (used without object)

to have the strength reduced or exhausted, as by labor or exertion; become fatigued; be sleepy.

to have one's appreciation, interest, patience, etc., exhausted; become or be weary; become bored (usually followed by of): He soon tired of playing billiards.

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noun

British Dialect. fatigue.

Origin:
before 900; late Middle English (Scots ) tyren (v.), Old English tȳrian, variant of tēorian to weary, be wearied

Synonyms
2. exasperate, irk.

Example Sentences

The rites, solemn in their performance but rather tiring in their detail, contrasted strongly with the simple.

And other than tiring of hearing about that particular company again and again and.

The bottom line, it seems, is that it is tiring to suppress racial prejudice.

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The rites, solemn in their performance but rather tiring in their detail, contrasted strongly with the simple.

And other than tiring of hearing about that particular company again and again and.

The bottom line, it seems, is that it is tiring to suppress racial prejudice.

Tiring of this hide-and-seek, the bird became silent.

Your brain sees the effort put in by the hand performing the tiring task, and interprets that as fatigue.

The iPhone's touchscreen is pleasant to tap, but writing a long message gets tiring.

Unfavorable winds can make for tiring paddling at best and dangerous conditions at worst.

It is tiring being told what to do and how to do it.

People are not tiring of the chance to publish and communicate on the internet easily and at almost no cost.

They are fast and can run for long distances without tiring.

I've heard wrapping the windings on a decent size generator can be quite tiring and time consuming.

Eye strain is caused by tiring the muscles that control the eyes.

Quickly tiring of her elderly mate, she begins a series of casual affairs, ending in an emotional crash-and-burn.

The difference is, that unimportant, tiring noise is filtered.

Reading long articles on computer screens is slow and tiring compared with leafing through books or magazines.

The variety was maintained to avoid tiring his palate.

I've heard this song before, ka and cherny, and it was tiring the first dozen times.

Once again, however, her relentless babble was tiring rather than stimulating.

He had no idea what he was getting into but decided he was tiring of traveling and was willing to take a chance on something new.

After tiring of teaching art, he took a job in the kitchen of a nursing home.

Brooks inspires is hopeful, before-the-gag laughter, which can be terribly tiring.

But they say it has not been determined whether a fixed, extended tour is more tiring and stressful than.

However, the effect of all this synthetic excitement cannot help but be tiring.

Pires managed to get past two tiring defenders and cross the ball into the penalty area.

He said he was quickly tiring of the whole thing, the accusations and the jokes.

The phrase, racing through the language, shows no sign of tiring.

Really, though, the plot summary is both tiring and superfluous.

Tiring of these fickle shareholders, funds are starting to handcuff them.

Toward the end of a tiring week it lifted my spirits no end.

But the constant switching from sung to spoken lines gets tiring and prevents the drama from having an inexorable flow.

COLLAPSE

Dictionary.com Unabridged

noun

a ring or band of rubber, either solid or hollow and inflated, or of metal, placed over the rim of a wheel to provide traction, resistance to wear, or other desirable properties.

a metal band attached to the outside of the felloes and forming the tread of a wagon wheel.

verb (used with object)

to furnish with tires.

Also, British, tyre.

Origin:
1475–85; special use of tire³

verb (used with object)

Archaic. to dress (the head or hair), especially with a headdress.

Obsolete. to attire or array.

noun

Archaic. a headdress.

Obsolete. attire or dress.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English; aphetic variant of attire

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World English Dictionary

tire¹ (ˈtaɪə)

—vb
1.	(tr) to reduce the energy of, esp by exertion; weary
2.	(tr; often passive) to reduce the tolerance of; bore or irritate: I'm tired of the children's chatter
3.	(intr) to become wearied or bored; flag

[Old English tēorian, of unknown origin]

'tiring¹

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

tire

late 15c., "iron rim of a carriage wheel," probably from tire "equipment, dress, covering" (c.1300), an aphetic form of attire. The notion is of the tire as the dressing of the wheel. The original spelling was tyre, which had shifted to tire in 17c.-18c., but since early

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19c. tyre has been revived in Great Britain and become standard there. Rubber ones, for bicycles (later automobiles) are from 1870s.

COLLAPSE

American Heritage

Medical Dictionary

tiring tir·ing (tīr'ĭng)
n.
See cerclage.

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