Definition of Tire. Meaning of Tire. Synonyms of Tire
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Definition of Tire
Tire Tire Tire, n.
A tier, row, or rank. See Tier. [Obs.]
In posture to displode their second tire Of thunder.
--Milton.
Tire Tire Tire, v. t.
To adorn; to attire; to dress. [Obs.]
[Jezebel] painted her face, and tired her head. --2
Kings ix. 30.
Tire Tire Tire, v. i. [F. tirer to draw or pull; of Teutonic
origin, and akin to E. tear to rend. See Tirade.]
1. 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. --Shak.
Ye dregs of baseness, vultures among men, That tire
upon the hearts of generous spirits. --B. Jonson.
2. 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. --Chapman.
Upon that were my thoughts tiring. --Shak.
Tire Tire Tire, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tired; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tiring.] [OE. teorien to become weary, to fail, AS. teorian
to be tired, be weary, to tire, exhaust; perhaps akin to E.
tear to rend, the intermediate sense being, perhaps, to wear
out; or cf. E. tarry.]
To become weary; to be fatigued; to have the strength fail;
to have the patience exhausted; as, a feeble person soon
tires.
