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Word entry · 4 letters

tire

Best crossword clue

"Lose energy"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /ˈtaɪ̯ə(ɹ)/Part of speech verb, nounSorted eirtStarts with TEnds with E2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress

Word origin

From Middle English tiren, tirien, teorien, from Old English tȳrian, tēorian (“to fail, cease, become weary, be tired, exhausted; tire, weary, exhaust”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-West Germanic *teuʀōn (“to cease”), which is possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dews- (“to fail, be behind, lag”). Compare Ancient Greek δεύομαι (deúomai, “to lack”), Sanskrit दोष (dóṣa, “crime, fault, vice, deficiency”).

Used in a sentence

  • As Moldova understandably tired after a night of ball chasing, Everton left-back Baines scored his first international goal as his deflected free-kick totally wrong-footed Namasco.
  • I tire of this book.
  • the tire of war

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Lose energy4 letters
02Grow weary4 letters

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