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tire

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tire"

English edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

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”).[1]

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Verb edit

tire (third-person singular simple present tires, present participle tiring, simple past and past participle tired)

  1. (intransitive) To become sleepy or weary.
    • 2012 September 7, Phil McNulty, “Moldova 0-5 England”, in BBC Sport‎[1]:
      As Moldova understandably tired after a night of ball chasing, Everton left-back Baines scored his first international goal as his deflected free-kick totally wrong-footed Namasco.
  2. (transitive) To make sleepy or weary.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:tire
  3. (intransitive) To become bored or impatient (with).
    I tire of this book.
  5. (transitive) To bore.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cause boredom
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References edit

  1. ^ J.P. Mallory & D.Q. Adams, Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, s.v. "lack: deu(s)-" (London: Fitzroy-Dearborn, 1997), 343.

Etymology 2 edit

Believed from Middle English tire (“equipment”) aphetic form of attire; see details at tyre. See also German zieren (“to decorate”).

Alternative forms edit

  • (rubber covering on a wheel): tyre

Noun edit

tire (plural tires)

  1. (American spelling, Canadian spelling) alternative spelling of tyre: The rubber covering on a wheel.
  2. (American spelling) alternative spelling of tyre: The metal rim of a wheel, especially that of a railroad locomotive.
  3. A child's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore. Also tier.
  4. (obsolete) Accoutrements, accessories.
  5. (obsolete) Dress, clothes, attire.
  6. A covering for the head; a headdress.
Usage notes edit
  • Tire is one of the few words where Canadian usage prefers the US spelling over the British spelling.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
rubber covering on a wheel — see tyre

Verb edit

tire (third-person singular simple present tires, present participle tiring, simple past and past participle tired)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To dress or adorn.
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Etymology 3 edit

From Middle English tire, from Old French tirer (“to draw or pull”), akin to English tear (“to rend”).

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tire (third-person singular simple present tires, present participle tiring, simple past and past participle tired)

  1. (obsolete) To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does.
  2. (obsolete) To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything.

Etymology 4 edit

Noun edit

tire (plural tires)

  1. A tier, row, or rank.

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Anagrams edit

Asturian edit

Verb edit

tire

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of tirar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of tirar

Azerbaijani edit

Other scripts
Cyrillic тире
Abjad

Etymology edit

From Russian тире (tire), ultimately from French tiret.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [tiˈre]
  • Hyphenation: ti‧re
  • Audio(file)

Noun edit

tire (definite accusative tireni, plural tirelər)

  1. dash (punctuation mark)

Declension edit

    Declension of tire
singular plural
nominative tire
 tirelər
definite accusative tireni
 tireləri
dative tireyə
 tirelərə
locative tiredə
 tirelərdə
ablative tiredən
 tirelərdən
definite genitive tirenin
 tirelərin
    Possessive forms of tire
nominative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) tirem tirelərim
sənin (“your”) tiren tirelərin
onun (“his/her/its”) tiresi tireləri
bizim (“our”) tiremiz tirelərimiz
sizin (“your”) tireniz tireləriniz
onların (“their”) tiresi or tireləri tireləri
accusative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) tiremi tirelərimi
sənin (“your”) tireni tirelərini
onun (“his/her/its”) tiresini tirelərini
bizim (“our”) tiremizi tirelərimizi
sizin (“your”) tirenizi tirelərinizi
onların (“their”) tiresini or tirelərini tirelərini
dative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) tiremə tirelərimə
sənin (“your”) tirenə tirelərinə
onun (“his/her/its”) tiresinə tirelərinə
bizim (“our”) tiremizə tirelərimizə
sizin (“your”) tirenizə tirelərinizə
onların (“their”) tiresinə or tirelərinə tirelərinə
locative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) tiremdə tirelərimdə
sənin (“your”) tirendə tirelərində
onun (“his/her/its”) tiresində tirelərində
bizim (“our”) tiremizdə tirelərimizdə
sizin (“your”) tirenizdə tirelərinizdə
onların (“their”) tiresində or tirelərində tirelərində
ablative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) tiremdən tirelərimdən
sənin (“your”) tirendən tirelərindən
onun (“his/her/its”) tiresindən tirelərindən
bizim (“our”) tiremizdən tirelərimizdən
sizin (“your”) tirenizdən tirelərinizdən
onların (“their”) tiresindən or tirelərindən tirelərindən
genitive
singular plural
mənim (“my”) tiremin tirelərimin
sənin (“your”) tirenin tirelərinin
onun (“his/her/its”) tiresinin tirelərinin
bizim (“our”) tiremizin tirelərimizin
sizin (“your”) tirenizin tirelərinizin
onların (“their”) tiresinin or tirelərinin tirelərinin

French edit

Etymology 1 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

tire

  1. inflection of tirer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 2 edit

Deverbal from tirer.

Noun edit

tire f (plural tires)

  1. (in expressions) verbal noun of tirer; pulling, drawing
    vol à la tire ― pickpocketing
    voleur à la tire ― pickpocket
    métier à la tire ― drawloom
  2. (Canada) taffy, especially maple taffy
    tire d’érable ― maple taffy
  3. (France, informal) car
  4. (dated) route

Etymology 3 edit

From English.

Noun edit

tire m (plural tires)

  1. (Canada, Louisiana) tire, tyre (of a car, truck, etc)

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Galician edit

Verb edit

tire

  1. inflection of tirar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Haitian Creole edit

Etymology edit

From French tirer (“shoot”).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

tire

  1. To shoot (hit with a bullet or arrow)

Hausa edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English tray.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /tì.ré/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [tɪ̀.ré]

Noun edit

tìr̃ê m (possessed form tìr̃ên)

  1. tray

Portuguese edit

Verb edit

tire

  1. inflection of tirar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Scots edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

tire (third-person singular simple present tires, present participle tirin, simple past tiret, past participle tiret)

  1. to tire

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtiɾe/ [ˈt̪i.ɾe]
  • Rhymes: -iɾe
  • Syllabification: ti‧re

Verb edit

tire

  1. inflection of tirar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From French tiret.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tire (definite accusative tireyi, plural tireler)

  1. "-" Hyphen-minus symbol, used as a hyphen, minus sign, and a dash.

Declension edit

Inflection
Nominative tire
Definite accusative tireyi
Singular Plural
Nominative tire tireler
Definite accusative tireyi tireleri
Dative tireye tirelere
Locative tirede tirelerde
Ablative tireden tirelerden
Genitive tirenin tirelerin
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