tire
verb/ˈtaɪə(r)/
/ˈtaɪər/
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they tire | /ˈtaɪə(r)/ /ˈtaɪər/ |
| he / she / it tires | /ˈtaɪəz/ /ˈtaɪərz/ |
| past simple tired | /ˈtaɪəd/ /ˈtaɪərd/ |
| past participle tired | /ˈtaɪəd/ /ˈtaɪərd/ |
| -ing form tiring | /ˈtaɪərɪŋ/ /ˈtaɪərɪŋ/ |
- tire (somebody) to become tired and feel as if you want to sleep or rest; to make somebody feel this way
- Her legs were beginning to tire.
- He has made a good recovery but still tires easily.
- Walking even a short distance tires him.
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsc2- She found herself tiring more quickly these days.
- Long conversations tired her.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- easily
- quickly
- eventually
- …
- begin to
Word Originverb Old English tēorian ‘fail, come to an end’, also ‘become physically exhausted’, of unknown origin.
Idioms
See tire in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarynever tire of doing something
- to do something a lot, especially in a way that annoys people
- He went to Harvard—as he never tires of reminding us.
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