tire
/ˈtaɪ̯ɚ/ verb B1- To become sleepy or weary.
- To make sleepy or weary.
- To become bored or impatient (with). · I tire of this book.
- To bore.
He/she/it tires · Past tired · Past participle tired · -ing form tiring
Verb forms
- Base form
- tire
- He/she/it
- tires
- Past
- tired
- Past participle
- tired
- -ing form
- tiring
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“I am tired of being such a humbug.
“After a time,” continued Oz, “I tired of that, and became a balloonist.”
She sat down on the grass and looked at her companions, and they sat down and looked at her, and Toto found that for the first time in his life he was too tired to chase a butterfly that flew past his head.
In the afternoon the sun shone hot in their faces, for there were no trees to offer them shade; so that before night Dorothy and Toto and the Lion were tired, and lay down upon the grass and fell asleep, with the Woodman and the Scarecrow keeping watch.
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