Found 4 items, similar to Tire.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: tire
ban
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: tire
cape, lelah
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: tire
tire
v 1: get tired of something or somebody [syn:
pall,
weary,
fatigue,
jade]
2: exhaust or tire through overuse or great strain or stress;
“We wore ourselves out on this hike” [syn:
wear upon,
tire out
,
wear,
weary,
jade,
wear out,
outwear,
wear down
,
fag out,
fag,
fatigue] [ant:
refresh]
3: deplete;
“exhaust one's savings”;
“We quickly played out our
strength” [syn:
run down,
exhaust,
play out,
sap]
4: cause to be bored [syn:
bore] [ant:
interest]
tire
n : hoop that covers a wheel;
“automobile tires are usually made
of rubber and filled with compressed air” [syn:
tyre]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Tire
Tire
\Tire\, n. [Aphetic form of attire; OE. tir, a tir. See
Attire.]
1. Attire; apparel. [Archaic]
“Having rich tire about you.”
--Shak.
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2. A covering for the head; a headdress.
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On her head she wore a tire of gold. --Spenser.
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3. A child's apron, covering the breast and having no
sleeves; a pinafore; a tier.
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4. Furniture; apparatus; equipment. [Obs.]
“The tire of
war.” --Philips.
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5. [Probably the same word, and so called as being an attire
or covering for the wheel.] A ring, hoop or band, as of
rubber or metal, on the circumference of the wheel of a
vehicle, to impart strength and receive the wear. In
Britain, spelled
tyre.
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Note: The iron tire of a wagon wheel or cart wheel binds the
fellies together. The tire of a locomotive or
railroad-car wheel is a heavy hoop of iron or steel
shrunk tightly upon an iron central part. The wheel of
a bicycle or road vehicle (automobile, motorcyle,
truck) has a tire of rubber, which is typically hollow
inside and inflated with air to lessen the shocks from
bumps on uneven roads.
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Tire
\Tire\, v. t.
To adorn; to attire; to dress. [Obs.]
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[Jezebel] painted her face, and tired her head. --2
Kings ix. 30.
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Tire
\Tire\, n.
A tier, row, or rank. See
Tier. [Obs.]
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In posture to displode their second tire
Of thunder. --Milton.
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Tire
\Tire\, v. i. [F. tirer to draw or pull; of Teutonic
origin, and akin to E. tear to rend. See
Tirade.]
1. To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does. [Obs.]
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Even as an empty eagle, sharp by fast,
Tires with her beak on feathers, flesh, and bone.
--Shak.
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Ye dregs of baseness, vultures among men,
That tire upon the hearts of generous spirits. --B.
Jonson.
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2. To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed
upon, or engaged with, anything. [Obs.]
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Thus made she her remove,
And left wrath tiring on her son. --Chapman.
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Upon that were my thoughts tiring. --Shak.
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Tire
\Tire\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Tired; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tiring.] [OE. teorien to become weary, to fail, AS. teorian
to be tired, be weary, to tire, exhaust; perhaps akin to E.
tear to rend, the intermediate sense being, perhaps, to wear
out; or cf. E. tarry.]
To become weary; to be fatigued; to have the strength fail;
to have the patience exhausted; as, a feeble person soon
tires.
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Tire
\Tire\, v. t.
To exhaust the strength of, as by toil or labor; to exhaust
the patience of; to wear out (one's interest, attention, or
the like); to weary; to fatigue; to jade. --Shak.
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Tired with toil, all hopes of safety past. --Dryden.
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To tire out, to weary or fatigue to exhaustion; to harass.
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Syn: To jade; weary; exhaust; harass. See
Jade.
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