tire
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtaɪ̯ə(ɹ)/
Audio (UK) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtaɪ̯ɚ/, [ˈtʰaɪ̯ɚ]
- (Southern American English, Appalachia) IPA(key): /ˈtɑːɚ/
- (Midwestern US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈtʌɪ̯ɚ/
- Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)
- Homophone: tyre
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]
Alternative forms[edit]
- tyre (dialectal)
Verb[edit]
tire (third-person singular simple present tires, present participle tiring, simple past and past participle tired)
- (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.
- (transitive) To make sleepy or weary.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:tire
- (intransitive) To become bored or impatient (with).
- I tire of this book.
- (transitive) To bore.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cause boredom
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^ 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)
- (American spelling, Canadian spelling) alternative spelling of tyre: The rubber covering on a wheel.
- (American spelling) alternative spelling of tyre: The metal rim of a wheel, especially that of a railroad locomotive.
- A child's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore. Also tier.
- (obsolete) Accoutrements, accessories.
- 1705, John Philips, Blenheim:
- the tire of war
- (obsolete) Dress, clothes, attire.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- Ne spared they to strip her naked all. / Then when they had despoild her tire and call, / Such as she was, their eyes might her behold.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:, New York Review of Books 2001, p.66:
- men like apes follow the fashions in tires, gestures, actions: if the king laugh, all laugh […].
- A covering for the head; a headdress.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 144:
- And on her head she wore a tyre of gold,
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]
Verb[edit]
tire (third-person singular simple present tires, present participle tiring, simple past and past participle tired)
- (transitive, obsolete) To dress or adorn.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Kings 9:30:
- [Jezebel] painted her face, and tired her head.
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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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Verb[edit]
tire (third-person singular simple present tires, present participle tiring, simple past and past participle tired)
- (obsolete) To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does.
- 1593, [William Shakespeare], Venus and Adonis, London: […] Richard Field, […], →OCLC; Shakespeare’s Venus & Adonis: […], 4th edition, London: J[oseph] M[alaby] Dent and Co. […], 1896, →OCLC:
- Even as an empty eagle, sharp by fast, / Tires with her beak on feathers, flesh, and bone.
- 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv], line 94–97:
- I grieve myself / To think, when thou shalt be disedged by her / That now thou tirest on, how thy memory / Will then be pang'd by me.
- 1612–1613, Nathan Field; John Fletcher; Philip Massinger, “The Honest Mans Fortune”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act II, scene v:
- Ye dregs of baseness, vultures amongst men, / That tire upon the hearts of generous spirits.
- (obsolete) To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything.
- c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene vii:
- and now doth gaſtly death
With greedie talients gripe my bleeding hart,
And like a Harpye tires on my life.
- 1616, George Chapman, Iliad:
- Thus made she her remove, / And left wrath tyring on her son.
- c. 1605–1608, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
- Upon that were my thoughts tiring.
Etymology 4[edit]
Noun[edit]
tire (plural tires)
- A tier, row, or rank.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
- In posture to displode their second tire / Of thunder.
Further reading[edit]
- “tire”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “tire”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams[edit]
Asturian[edit]
Verb[edit]
tire
- first-person singular present subjunctive of tirar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of tirar
Azerbaijani[edit]
Cyrillic | тире | |
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Perso-Arabic |
Etymology[edit]
From Russian тире (tire), ultimately from French tiret.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tire (definite accusative tireni, plural tirelər)
- dash (punctuation mark)
Declension[edit]
Declension of tire | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | tire |
tirelər | ||||||
definite accusative | tireni |
tireləri | ||||||
dative | tireyə |
tirelərə | ||||||
locative | tiredə |
tirelərdə | ||||||
ablative | tiredən |
tirelərdən | ||||||
definite genitive | tirenin |
tirelərin |
French[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
tire
- inflection of tirer:
Etymology 2[edit]
From English.
Noun[edit]
tire m (plural tires)
Etymology 3[edit]
tire f (plural tires)
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Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 4[edit]
tire f (plural tires)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “tire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams[edit]
Haitian Creole[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verb[edit]
tire
- To shoot (hit with a bullet or arrow)
Hausa[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tìr̃ê m (possessed form tìr̃ên)
Portuguese[edit]
Verb[edit]
tire
- inflection of tirar:
Scots[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
tire (third-person singular simple present tires, present participle tirin, simple past tiret, past participle tiret)
- to tire
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
tire
- inflection of tirar:
Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tire (definite accusative tireyi, plural tireler)
- "-" Hyphen-minus symbol, used as a hyphen, minus sign, and a dash.
Declension[edit]
Inflection | ||
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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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