tire

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Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

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Definition

  1. noun hoop that covers a wheel
  2. verb lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
  3. verb exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress

Etymology

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”).

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