tire

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[ˈtʌɪə], (Verb)

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- feel or cause to feel in need of rest or sleep
(e.g: soon the ascent grew steeper and he began to tire)

- lose interest in; become bored with
(e.g: the media will tire of publicizing every protest)


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Old English tēorian ‘fail, come to an end’, also ‘become physically exhausted’, of unknown origin


[ˈtʌɪə], (Noun)

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