tire : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a tire consisting of a rubber ring around the rim of an automobile wheel
  automobile tire; auto tire; car tire.
  

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• noun a tire consisting of a rubber ring around the rim of an automobile wheel
  automobile tire; auto tire; car tire.
  

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• (Mech.), a tire without a flange.

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• noun a tire consisting of a rubber ring around the rim of an automobile wheel
  automobile tire; auto tire; car tire.
  

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• adjective satellite drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted
  exhausted; spent; worn out; played out; fagged; fatigued; worn-out; washed-out.
  
  • the day's shopping left her exhausted
  • he went to bed dog-tired
  • was fagged and sweaty
  • the trembling of his played out limbs
  • felt completely washed-out
  • only worn-out horses and cattle
  • you look worn out

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• noun a deflated pneumatic tire
  flat.
  

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• noun a tire made of reinforced rubber and filled with compressed air; used on motor vehicles and bicycles etc
  pneumatic tyre.
  

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• noun pneumatic tire that has radial-ply casing
  radial tire; radial.
  

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• noun pneumatic tire that has radial-ply casing
  radial tire; radial.
  

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• noun a tire consisting of a rubber ring around the rim of an automobile wheel
  automobile tire; auto tire; car tire.
  

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• noun an automobile pneumatic tire with deep tread to give traction in snow
  

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• noun excess fat around the waistline
  love handle.
  

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• noun chain attached to wheels to increase traction on ice or snow
  snow chain.
  

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• noun hand tool consisting of a lever that is used to force the casing of a pneumatic tire onto a steel wheel
  tire iron.
  

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• verb exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
  wear out; tire; wear down; jade; fag out; weary; fatigue; wear; outwear; fag; wear upon.
  
  • We wore ourselves out on this hike

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• noun hand tool consisting of a lever that is used to force the casing of a pneumatic tire onto a steel wheel
  tire iron.
  

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Tire"-wom`an noun

Etymology

See Tire attire, Attire.

Wordforms

plural Tire-women

Definitions

1. A lady's maid.

   Fashionableness of the tire-woman's making. Locke.

2. A dresser in a theater. Simmonds.

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• adjective satellite having a strong distaste from surfeit
  sick of; fed up; sick; disgusted.
  
  • grew more and more disgusted
  • fed up with their complaints
  • sick of it all
  • sick to death of flattery
  • gossip that makes one sick
  • tired of the noise and smoke

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Tir"ing-house` noun

Etymology

For attiring house.

Definitions

1. A tiring-room. Obs. Shak.

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Tir"ing-room` noun

Etymology

For attiring room.

Definitions

1. The room or place where players dress for the stage.

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• to weary or fatigue to exhaustion; to harass.

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• noun pneumatic tire not needing an inner tube to be airtight
  tubeless.
  

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• noun a metal hoop forming the tread of a wheel
  

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