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verb

Tire v. t. To adorn; to attire; to dress. (Obs.) "(Jezebel) painted her face, and tired her head."

Tire v. t. To exhaust the strength of, as by toil or labor; to exhaust the patience of; to wear out (one's interest, attention, or the like); to weary; to fatigue; to jade. "Tired with toil, all hopes of safety past."

To tire out, to weary or fatigue to exhaustion; to harass.

Synonyms: To jade; weary; exhaust; harass. See Jade.

Tire v. i.

To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does. (Obs.) "Even as an empty eagle, sharp by fast, Tires with her beak on feathers, flesh, and bone." "Ye dregs of baseness, vultures among men, That tire upon the hearts of generous spirits."

To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything. (Obs.) "Thus made she her remove, And left wrath tiring on her son." "Upon that were my thoughts tiring."

Tire v. i. (past & past part. tired; pres. part. tiring) To become weary; to be fatigued; to have the strength fail; to have the patience exhausted; as, a feeble person soon tires.

adjective

Tired adj. Weary; fatigued; exhausted.

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Etymology of 'Tired'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Tired" Quotes from Famous Books

... art Death?" "Of Heavenly Seraphim None else to seek thee out and bid thee come." "I only care that thou art come from Him, Unbody me—I'm tired—and get ...

— A Cluster of Grapes - A Book of Twentieth Century Poetry • Various

... wipe his forehead; then resting the scythe upon the bank, he leaned against its curving handle. He looked well as he stood there, like a boy who would one day be a man of purpose, and will to carry out his purpose. He was tired, just tired enough to make rest sweet. He looked across the little hollow at the foot of the meadow toward his home. He was very hungry, and glad to see a little girl coming down the path through the hollow with a pail ...

— Harper's Young People, May 18, 1880 - An Illustrated Weekly • Various

... What are you doing here? Lor'! don't take on like this,' for poor Bryda's self-possession suddenly forsook her, and she began to cry helplessly, like a tired and frightened child. ...

— Bristol Bells - A Story of the Eighteenth Century • Emma Marshall

... gone to my room to escape the final responsibilities of the occasion. There were seven of us girl chums dressing in my room, and we were lolling round in various stages of lace and ruffles when the door-bell rang. Partly out of consideration for the tired servants, and partly out of nervous curiosity incited by the day's influx of presents and bouquets, I slipped into my pink eider-down wrapper and ran down to the door. The hall was startlingly sweet with roses. Indeed, the whole house was a perfect bower of leaf and blossom, and I suppose ...

— Different Girls • Various

... who were the least amenable, were attracted by the novelty, and came to inspect the new system, with which those who had adopted it were delighted, as they could thus hear mass every day and enjoy the discourses and conversation of the friars, of which they seem never to have tired. Fray Luis now joined Las Casas at Rabinal, from whence he repeated his former visits to various places through-out the neighbouring country. The friars were obliged to learn the language or dialect of Coban in order to enter ...

— Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings • Francis Augustus MacNutt

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