tire

Plural: tires

Noun

hoop that covers a wheel
- "automobile tires are usually made of rubber and filled with compressed air"
Alternative spelling of tyre: The rubber covering on a wheel.
Alternative spelling of tyre: The metal rim of a wheel, especially that of a railroad locomotive.
A child's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore. Also tier.
Accoutrements, accessories.
Dress, clothes, attire.
A covering for the head; a headdress.
A tier, row, or rank.

Verb

Verb Forms: tired, tiring, tires

To become weary; to exhaust one's strength or patience.
lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
- "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food"
exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
deplete
cause to be bored
To become sleepy or weary.
To make sleepy or weary.
To become bored or impatient (with).
To bore.
To dress or adorn.
To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does.
To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything.

Examples

I tire of this book.
Staring at the blank tile for too long can make a player TIRE of the game.

Origin / Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

bore, exhaust, fag, fag out, fatigue, jade, outwear, pall, play out, run down, sap, tire out, tyre, wear, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary, beleaguer, bend someone's ear, depress, do for, ennui, fordo, gas out, get down, hold by the button, knock up, poop, run someone ragged, talk someone under the table, tire

Antonyms

interest, refresh

Scrabble Score: 4

tire: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
tire: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
tire: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 4

tire: valid Words With Friends Word