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Noun: fatigues fu'teegz- Military uniform worn by military personnel when doing menial labour
Noun: fatigue fu'teeg- Temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work
"he was hospitalized for extreme fatigue"; "growing fatigue was apparent from the decline in the execution of their athletic skills"
- weariness, tiredness - Used of materials (especially metals) in a weakened state caused by long stress
"metal fatigue" - (always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something
"he was suffering from museum fatigue"; "after watching TV with her husband she had a bad case of football fatigue"; "the American public is experiencing scandal fatigue"; "political fatigue" - Labour of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on)
"the soldiers were put on fatigue to teach them a lesson"; "they were assigned to kitchen fatigues"
- fatigue duty
Verb: fatigue fu'teeg- Lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
- tire, pall, weary, jade - Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
- tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out [Brit], fag
Type of: assignment, boredom, degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, drop, duty assignment, ennui, failing, indispose, military uniform, tedium, temporary state, weakness Encyclopedia: Fatigue Fatigues |