verb, noun
verb to become tired and feel as if you want to sleep or rest; to make sb feel this way:
[V] Her legs were beginning to tire. * He has made a good recovery but still tires easily. [also VN]
IDIOMS
never tire of doing sth to do sth a lot, especially in a way that annoys people:
He went to Harvard-as he never tires of reminding us.
PHRASALVERBS
tire of sth/sb to become bored with sth/sb or begin to enjoy it/them less:
They soon tired of the beach and went for a walk. * She was sure that he would soon tire of her. * There are plenty of restaurants for those who tire of shopping.
tire sb / yourself out to make sb/yourself feel very tired:
That walk has tired me out. * Pace yourself or you'll tire yourself out in the first half of the race.
seealsoTIRED
noun (AmE) = TYRE
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for tire is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does tire appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — tire appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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