verb
Meaning 1
To make someone tired; to exhaust.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
tire out
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verb
Meaning 2
exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- We wore ourselves out on this hike
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tire, wear upon, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: indispose
Narrower terms: exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out, overtire, overweary, overfatigue
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Azerbaijani: yormaq — make someone tired
- Danish: trætte — make someone tired
- Irish: cuir tuirse ar — make someone tired
- Irish: tuirsigh — make someone tired
- Irish: traoch — make someone tired
- Latin: lassō — make someone tired
- Polish: wymęczać — make someone tired
- Polish: wymęczyć — make someone tired
- Portuguese: cansar — make someone tired
- Swedish: trötta ut — make someone tired