Tire

n.	1.	A tier, row, or rank. See Tier. In posture to displode their second tire Of thunder. - Milton.
	1.	Attire; apparel.
	2.	A covering for the head; a headdress. On her head she wore a tire of gold. - Spenser.
	3.	A child's apron, covering the breast and having no sleeves; a pinafore; a tier.
	4.	Furniture; apparatus; equipment.
	5.	A ring, hoop or band, as of rubber or metal, on the circumference of the wheel of a vehicle, to impart strength and receive the wear. In Britain, spelled tyre.
v. t.	1.	To adorn; to attire; to dress. [Jezebel] painted her face, and tired her head. - 2 Kings ix. 30.
v. i.	1.	To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does. Even as an empty eagle, sharp by fast, Tires with her beak on feathers, flesh, and bone. - Shak. Ye dregs of baseness, vultures among men, That tire upon the hearts of generous spirits. - B. Jonson.
	2.	To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything. Thus made she her remove, And left wrath tiring on her son. - Chapman. Upon that were my thoughts tiring. - Shak.
	1.	To become weary; to be fatigued; to have the strength fail; to have the patience exhausted; as, a feeble person soon tires. [imp. & p. p. Tired ; p. pr. & vb. n. Tiring.]
v. t.	1.	To exhaust the strength of, as by toil or labor; to exhaust the patience of; to wear out (one's interest, attention, or the like); to weary; to fatigue; to jade. Tired with toil, all hopes of safety past. - Dryden. To tire out to weary or fatigue to exhaustion; to harass.

Noun	1.	tire - hoop that covers a wheel; "automobile tires are usually made of rubber and filled with compressed air" Synonyms: tyre
Verb	1.	tire - get tired of something or somebody Synonyms: fatigue, jade, weary, pall
	2.	tire - exhaust or tire through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike" Synonyms: fag out, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary, tire out, fatigue, jade, outwear, fag, wear Antonyms: refreshen, freshen, refresh - make fresh again
	3.	tire - deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength" Synonyms: play out, sap, exhaust, run down
	4.	tire - cause to be bored Synonyms: bore

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