tire
verb /ˈtaɪə(r)/
/ˈtaɪər/
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbspresent simple I / you / we / they tire | /ˈtaɪə(r)/ /ˈtaɪər/ |
he / she / it tires | /ˈtaɪəz/ /ˈtaɪərz/ |
past simple tired | /ˈtaɪəd/ /ˈtaɪərd/ |
past participle tired | /ˈtaɪəd/ /ˈtaɪərd/ |
-ing form tiring | /ˈtaɪərɪŋ/ /ˈtaɪərɪŋ/ |
- tire (somebody) to become tired and feel as if you want to sleep or rest; to make somebody feel this way
- Her legs were beginning to tire.
- He has made a good recovery but still tires easily.
- Walking even a short distance tires him.
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsc2- She found herself tiring more quickly these days.
- Long conversations tired her.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- easily
- quickly
- eventually
- …
- begin to
Word Originverb Old English tēorian ‘fail, come to an end’, also ‘become physically exhausted’, of unknown origin.
Idioms
never tire of doing something
- to do something a lot, especially in a way that annoys people
- He went to Harvard—as he never tires of reminding us.