tire

Etymology 1

From Middle English tiren, tirien, teorien, from Old English tȳrian, tēorian (“to fail, cease, become weary, be tired, exhausted; tire, weary, exhaust”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-West Germanic *teuʀōn (“to cease”), which is possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dews- (“to fail, be behind, lag”). Compare Ancient Greek δεύομαι (deúomai, “to lack”), Sanskrit दोष (dóṣa, “crime, fault, vice, deficiency”).

verb

1. (intransitive) To become sleepy or weary.
   As Moldova understandably tired after a night of ball chasing, Everton left-back Baines scored his first international goal as his deflected free-kick totally wrong-footed Namasco. September 7, 2012, Phil McNulty, “Moldova 0-5 England”, in BBC Sport
2. (transitive) To make sleepy or weary.
3. (intransitive) To become bored or impatient (with).
   I tire of this book.
4. (transitive) To bore.

Etymology 2

Believed from Middle English tire (“equipment”) aphetic form of attire; see details at tyre. See also German zieren (“to decorate”).

noun

1. (American spelling, Canadian spelling) alternative spelling of tyre: The rubber covering on a wheel.
2. (American spelling) alternative spelling of tyre: The metal rim of a wheel, especially that of a railroad locomotive.
3. A child's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore. Also tier.
4. (obsolete) Accoutrements, accessories.
   the tire of war 1705, John Philips, Blenheim
5. (obsolete) Dress, clothes, attire.
   men like apes follow the fashions in tires, gestures, actions: if the king laugh, all laugh […]. , New York Review of Books 2001, p.66
6. A covering for the head; a headdress.

verb

1. (transitive, obsolete) To dress or adorn.

Etymology 3

From Middle English tire, from Old French tirer (“to draw or pull”), akin to English tear (“to rend”).

verb

1. (obsolete) To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does.
2. (obsolete) To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything.
   Thus made she her remove, / And left wrath tyring on her son. 1616, George Chapman, Iliad

Etymology 4

noun

1. A tier, row, or rank.