Tire

Tire , noun

A tier, row, or rank. See Tier. [Obsolete]

In posture to displode their second tire Of thunder. — Milton

Tire , noun

[Aphetic form of attire; Old English tir, a tir. See Attire.]

Attire; apparel. [Archaic]

Having rich tire about you. — Shakespeare

A covering for the head; a headdress.

On her head she wore a tire of gold. — Spenser

A child's apron, covering the breast and having no sleeves; a pinafore; a tier.

Furniture; apparatus; equipment. [Obsolete]

The tire of war. — Philips

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.

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.

Tire , transitive verb

To adorn; to attire; to dress. [Obsolete]

[Jezebel] painted her face, and tired her head. — 2 Kings ix. 30

Tire , intransitive verb

[French tirer to draw or pull; of Teutonic origin, and akin to English tear to rend. See Tirade.]

To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does. [Obsolete]

Even as an empty eagle, sharp by fast, Tires with her beak on feathers, flesh, and bone. — Shakespeare

Ye dregs of baseness, vultures among men, That tire upon the hearts of generous spirits. — B. Jonson

To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything. [Obsolete]

Thus made she her remove, And left wrath tiring on her son. — Chapman

Upon that were my thoughts tiring. — Shakespeare

Tire , intransitive verb

[Old English teorien to become weary, to fail, Anglo-Saxon teorian to be tired, be weary, to tire, exhaust; perhaps akin to English tear to rend, the intermediate sense being, perhaps, to wear out; or compare English tarry.]

To become weary; to be fatigued; to have the strength fail; to have the patience exhausted; as, a feeble person soon tires.

Tire , transitive verb

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. — Shakespeare

Tired with toil, all hopes of safety past. — Dryden

Collocations (1)

To tire out , to weary or fatigue to exhaustion; to harass.