tire

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Alternative spellings 1.2.2 Noun 1.2.2.1 Usage notes 1.2.2.2 Related terms 1.2.2.3 Translations 1.2.3 Verb 1.2.3.1 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Verb 1.3.1.1 Synonyms 1.3.1.2 Related terms 1.3.1.3 Translations 1.4 External links 1.5 Anagrams 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Verb form 2.3 Anagrams 3 Scots 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Verb 4 Spanish 4.1 Verb 5 Turkish 5.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪə(r)
• Homophones: tyre

[edit] Etymology 1

From Middle English tire (“‘equipment’”) aphetic form of attire

[edit] Alternative spellings

• tyre (British)

[edit] Noun

tire (plural tires)

1. (obsolete) Accoutrements, accessories.
2. (obsolete) Dress, clothes, attire.
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York Review of Books 2001, p. 66:

     men like apes follow the fashions in tires, gestures, actions: if the king laugh, all laugh [...].

3. Metal rim of a wheel.
4. (North American) The rubber covering on a wheel.

[edit] Usage notes

• Tire is one of the few words where Canadian usage prefers the US spelling over the British / Commonwealth spelling.

[edit] Related terms

• spare tire

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

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

1. (transitive) To dress or adorn.

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[edit] Etymology 2

From Old English teorian

[edit] Verb

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

1. (intransitive) To become sleepy or weary.
2. (transitive) To make sleepy or weary.

[edit] Synonyms

• Wikisaurus:fatigue

[edit] Related terms

• tiresome

[edit] Translations

[edit] External links

• tire in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• tire in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: eirt
• REIT
• rite
• Teri
• tier
• trie

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /tiʁ/ SAMPA: /tiR/

[edit] Verb form

tire

1. First-person singular present indicative of tirer.
2. Third-person singular present indicative of tirer.
3. First-person singular present subjunctive of tirer.
4. Third-person singular present subjunctive of tirer.
5. Second-person singular imperative of tirer.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: eirt
• trie, trié

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[edit] Scots

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtəiər/

[edit] Verb

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

1. To tire.

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Verb

tire (infinitive: tirar)

1. first-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of tirar.
2. formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of tirar.
3. third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of tirar.
4. formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of tirar.

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[edit] Turkish

[edit] Noun

tire

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