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tire

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tire"

English

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Etymology 1

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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]

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Verb

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

  1. (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.
  2. (transitive) To make sleepy or weary.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:tire
  3. (intransitive) To become bored or impatient (with).
    I tire of this book.
  5. (transitive) To bore.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cause boredom
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  1. ^ J.P. Mallory & D.Q. Adams, Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, s.v. "lack: deu(s)-" (London: Fitzroy-Dearborn, 1997), 343.

Etymology 2

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Probably from Middle English tir(e) (“equipment, furnshings, ornament”). See the details at tyre.

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  • (rubber covering on a wheel): tyre

Noun

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tire (plural tires)

  1. (American spelling, Canadian spelling) Alternative spelling of tyre: The rubber covering on a wheel.
  2. (American spelling) Alternative spelling of tyre: The metal rim of a wheel, especially that of a railroad locomotive.
  3. A child's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore. Also tier.
  4. (obsolete) Accoutrements, accessories.
  5. (obsolete) Dress, clothes, attire.
  6. A covering for the head; a headdress.
Usage notes
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  • Tire is one of the few words where Canadian usage prefers the US spelling over the British spelling.
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Descendants
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  • → Kashubian: tajra (Canada)
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tire (third-person singular simple present tires, present participle tiring, simple past and past participle tired)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To dress or adorn.
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Etymology 3

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From Middle English tire, from Old French tirer (“to draw or pull”), akin to English tear (“to rend”).

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

  1. (obsolete) To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does.
  2. (obsolete) To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything.

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Noun

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tire (plural tires)

  1. A tier, row, or rank.
    • 1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
      In posture to displode their second tire / Of thunder.

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Anagrams

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Asturian

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Verb

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tire

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of tirar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of tirar

Azerbaijani

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Other scripts
Cyrillic тире
Arabic

Etymology

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From Russian тире (tire), ultimately from French tiret.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [tiˈre]
  • Hyphenation: ti‧re
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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tire (definite accusative tireni, plural tirelər)

  1. dash (punctuation mark)

Declension

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Declension of tire
singular plural
nominative tiretirelər
definite accusative tirenitireləri
dative tireyətirelərə
locative tiredətirelərdə
ablative tiredəntirelərdən
definite genitive tirenintirelərin
Possessive forms of tire
nominative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) tirem tirelərim
sənin (“your”) tiren tirelərin
onun (“his/her/its”) tiresi tireləri
bizim (“our”) tiremiz tirelərimiz
sizin (“your”) tireniz tireləriniz
onların (“their”) tiresi or tireləri tireləri
accusative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) tiremi tirelərimi
sənin (“your”) tireni tirelərini
onun (“his/her/its”) tiresini tirelərini
bizim (“our”) tiremizi tirelərimizi
sizin (“your”) tirenizi tirelərinizi
onların (“their”) tiresini or tirelərini tirelərini
dative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) tiremə tirelərimə
sənin (“your”) tirenə tirelərinə
onun (“his/her/its”) tiresinə tirelərinə
bizim (“our”) tiremizə tirelərimizə
sizin (“your”) tirenizə tirelərinizə
onların (“their”) tiresinə or tirelərinə tirelərinə
locative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) tiremdə tirelərimdə
sənin (“your”) tirendə tirelərində
onun (“his/her/its”) tiresində tirelərində
bizim (“our”) tiremizdə tirelərimizdə
sizin (“your”) tirenizdə tirelərinizdə
onların (“their”) tiresində or tirelərində tirelərində
ablative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) tiremdən tirelərimdən
sənin (“your”) tirendən tirelərindən
onun (“his/her/its”) tiresindən tirelərindən
bizim (“our”) tiremizdən tirelərimizdən
sizin (“your”) tirenizdən tirelərinizdən
onların (“their”) tiresindən or tirelərindən tirelərindən
genitive
singular plural
mənim (“my”) tiremin tirelərimin
sənin (“your”) tirenin tirelərinin
onun (“his/her/its”) tiresinin tirelərinin
bizim (“our”) tiremizin tirelərimizin
sizin (“your”) tirenizin tirelərinizin
onların (“their”) tiresinin or tirelərinin tirelərinin

French

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Etymology 1

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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Verb

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tire

  1. inflection of tirer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

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    Deverbal from tirer.

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    tire f (plural tires)

    1. (in expressions) verbal noun of tirer; pulling, drawing
      vol à la tire ― pickpocketing
      voleur à la tire ― pickpocket
      métier à la tire ― drawloom
    2. (Canada) taffy, especially maple taffy
      tire d’érable ― maple taffy
    3. (France, informal) car
    4. (dated) route

    Etymology 3

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    From English.

    Noun

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    tire m (plural tires)

    1. (North America) tire, tyre (of a car, truck, etc)

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    Galician

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    Verb

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    tire

    1. inflection of tirar:
      1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
      2. third-person singular imperative

    Haitian Creole

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from French tirer.

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    tire

    1. (transitive) to shoot (hit with a bullet or arrow)
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    References

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    • Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎[2], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 191

    Hausa

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from English tray.

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    • IPA(key): /tì.ré/
      • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [tɪ̀.ré]

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    tìr̃ê m (possessed form tìr̃ên)

    1. tray

    Old English

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    tīre

    1. dative singular of tīr

    Oyda

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    Etymology

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    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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    tire

    1. live[1]
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    1. ^ https://www.sil.org/system/files/reapdata/14/43/19/144319977644704635475946991654658559030/SILESR2002_012.pdf

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    tire

    1. inflection of tirar:
      1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
      2. third-person singular imperative

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

    1. to tire

    Spanish

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈtiɾe/ [ˈt̪i.ɾe]
    • Rhymes: -iɾe
    • Syllabification: ti‧re

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    tire

    1. inflection of tirar:
      1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
      2. third-person singular imperative

    Turkish

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    Etymology

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    From French tiret.

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    tire (definite accusative tireyi, plural tireler)

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

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    Declension of tire
    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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