tire UK /ˈtaɪ̯ə(ɹ)/US /ˈtaɪ̯ɚ/noun 7verb 8forms 5phrases 3 noun7 •the soft outer part of a car or bike wheel that touches the road and holds air insidepneumatic tyresrunflat tyres •The metal rim, or metal covering on a rim, of a (wooden or metal) wheel, usually of steel or formerly wrought iron, as found on (horse-drawn or railway) carriages and wagons and on locomotives.iron tyres for the coach and iron shoes for the horsetyres and rails of steel, and every axle with roller bearings •A covering for the head; a headdress.And on her head she wore a tyre of gold, — 1590 •A tier, row, or rank.In posture to displode their second tire / Of thunder. — 1667 •A child's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore. Also tier. •(no longer used) Dress, clothes, attire.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. — 1590 •(no longer used) Accoutrements, accessories. verb8 •To become sleepy or weary.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. — 2012 •To make sleepy or weary. •To become bored or impatient (with).I tire of this book. •To bore. •To fit tyres to (a vehicle).The circular iron platform over there is used in the task of tyring the wheels, a warm job, too, by the way. — 1929 •(no longer used) To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does.Even as an empty eagle, sharp by fast, / Tires with her beak on feathers, flesh, and bone. — 1593 •(no longer used) To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything.and now doth gastly death With greedie talients gripe my bleeding hart, And like a Harpye tires on my life. — 1587 •(no longer used) To dress or adorn.[Jezebel] painted her face, and tired her head. — 1611 formstired · tiring · tires · tireth · tirest Phrases with tire dog who caught the tireOne who accomplishes a seemingly impossible feat, but does not know what to do next. tire fireA disaster; a chaotic person, thing, or situation. tire outTo make someone tired; to exhaust.
