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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They grow tired of the nuts they pick, and throw them down.
It would not tire a wounded cow.
They may have dropped him already, being tired of carrying him.
All this will show you how much Mowgli had to learn by heart, and he grew very tired of saying the same thing over a hundred times.
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