Tire
WordNet
noun
(1) Hoop that covers a wheel
"Automobile tires are usually made of rubber and filled with compressed air"
verb
(2) Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
"We wore ourselves out on this hike"
(3) Get tired of something or somebody
(4) Cause to be bored
(5) Deplete
"Exhaust one's savings"
"We quickly played out our strength"
WiktionaryText
Etymology 1
From aphetic form of
Noun
- Accoutrements, accessories.
- Dress, clothes, attire.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York Review of Books 2001, p. 66:
- men like apes follow the fashions in tires, gestures, actions: if the king laugh, all laugh [...].
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York Review of Books 2001, p. 66:
- Metal rim of a wheel.
- The rubber covering on a wheel.
Usage notes
- Tire is one of the few words where Canadian usage prefers the US spelling over the British / Commonwealth spelling.
Etymology 2
From