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tire - hoop that covers a wheel; "automobile tires are usually made of rubber and filled with compressed air" |
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tyre |
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hoop,
ring a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling; "there was still a rusty iron hoop for tying a horse"
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automobile tire,
auto tire,
car tire,
rubber tire a tire consisting of a rubber ring around the rim of an automobile wheel
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pneumatic tire,
pneumatic tyre a tire made of reinforced rubber and filled with compressed air; used on motor vehicles and bicycles etc
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wagon tire a metal hoop forming the tread of a wheel
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| Verb |
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tire - exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike" |
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wear,
weary,
jade,
outwear,
fag,
fatigue |
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freshen,
refresh,
refreshen become or make oneself fresh again; "She freshened up after the tennis game"
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fatigue,
jade,
pall,
tire,
weary lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to); "the course palled on her"
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indispose cause to feel unwell; "She was indisposed"
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beat,
exhaust,
tucker,
tucker out,
wash up come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
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overfatigue,
overtire,
overweary tire excessively
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tire - lose interest or become bored with something or somebody; "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food" |
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pall,
weary,
fatigue,
jade |
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degenerate,
deteriorate,
devolve,
drop become worse or disintegrate; "His mind deteriorated"
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conk out,
peter out,
poop out,
run down,
run out use up all one's strength and energy and stop working; "At the end of the march, I pooped out"
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retire,
withdraw cause to get out; "The pitcher retired three batters"; "the runner was put out at third base"
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