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tire
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[ noun ] (transportation) hoop that covers a wheel
Synonyms Examples "automobile tires are usually made of rubber and filled with compressed air" Used in print (Jim Thompson, The Transgressors....)The car lurched along at a snail 's crawl , the left front mudguard banging and scraping against the tire , occasionally scraping against the road itself . (Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)Over the rattling of fenders , humming of tires and chattering of gears there was a charming melody of whispers and tiny giggles . (T. C. McClary, "The Flooded Desert," Argosy,...)`` The tires are rattling on the wheels now . He examined the water_marks on the iron tires when the animals were finished . The spokes were tight again , the iron tires gripped onto the wheels as if of one piece . Related terms |
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[ verb ] exhaust or tire though overuse or great strain or stress
Examples "We wore ourselves out on this hike" Used in print (Clifford Irving, The Valley....)The mare began to tire and Clayton felt the spray of snow from the hoofs of Gavin 's stallion . |
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[ verb ] get tired of something or somebody
Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)Richard_M._Forbes 's Paget , which had what seemed to be a substantial lead in the early stages , tired rapidly nearing the wire and was able to save place money only a head in_front of Glen_T._Hallowell 's Milties_Miss . (Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)When consciousness deserts the sleeping body and the wakeful world , it continues in the myriad progressions of the ever-present past and future , in a life as vibrant and real as the one left when the body tired and required sleep . Related terms |
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