tire
hoop that covers a wheel (Freq. 8)
- automobile tires are usually made of rubber and filled with compressed air
• Syn:
tyre
• Hypernyms:
hoop, ring
• Hyponyms:
car tire, automobile tire, auto tire, rubber tire, pneumatic tire,
pneumatic tyre, wagon tire
1. lose interest or become bored with something or somebody (Freq. 3)
- I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food
• Syn:
pall, weary, fatigue, jade
• Derivationally related forms:
jade (for: jade), fatigue (for: fatigue)
• Hypernyms:
devolve, deteriorate, drop, degenerate
• Hyponyms:
poop out, peter out, run down, run out, conk out,
retire, withdraw
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
2. exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress (Freq. 3)
- We wore ourselves out on this hike
• Syn:
wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade,
wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue
• Ant:
refresh
• Derivationally related forms:
fatigue (for: fatigue), jade (for: jade), wear (for: wear)
• Hypernyms:
indispose
• Hyponyms:
exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out,
overtire, overweary, overfatigue
• Cause:
pall, weary, fatigue, jade
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
3. deplete
- exhaust one's savings
- We quickly played out our strength
• Syn:
run down, exhaust, play out, sap
• Derivationally related forms:
sapper (for: sap), exhaustion (for: exhaust)
• Hypernyms:
consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete,
exhaust, run through, wipe out
• Verb Group:
play out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. cause to be bored
• Syn:
bore
• Ant:
interest (for: bore)
• Derivationally related forms:
bore (for: bore)
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- The performance is likely to tire Sue
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