tire
part of speech
verb (tire, tires, tired, tiring); noun (a tire, tires — American spelling of tyre)
meaning for a pupil
1) To become tired, or to make someone tired. tree →
2) "Tire of" means become bored with. tree →
3) In American and Canadian English, a tire is the rubber ring filled with air around a wheel of a car or bike; in British English it is spelt "tyre". tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: An old word for a headdress; "head-tires" were the caps or turbans worn by the priests. In Ezekiel, the "tire" is a head covering worn by priests and by mourners. Interpretation: The priests' garments, including the headgear, were made "for splendour and for beauty" and were worn when serving in the Tabernacle. Ezekiel is told not to remove his tire when his wife dies, as a sign to Israel. In the primary lessons: In everyday life and science, bike and car tires grip the road; a flat tire has lost its air. In PE, long runs tire you out. Phrases: flat tire, tire pressure, tire out, tire of, never tire of.
examples
- and the mitre of fine linen, and the goodly head-tires of fine linen, and the linen breeches of fine twined linen, (Torah EXO.39.28, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Moses brought Aaron's sons, and clothed them with tunics, and girded them with girdles, and bound head-tires upon them; as the LORD commanded Moses. (Torah LEV.8.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make tunics, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and head-tires shalt thou make for them, for splendour and for beauty. (Torah EXO.28.40, JPS 1917) tree →
- They shall have linen tires upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with any thing that causeth sweat. (Prophets EZK.44.18, JPS 1917) tree →
- and your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet; ye shall not make lamentation nor weep; but ye shall pine away in your iniquities, and moan one toward another. (Prophets EZK.24.23, JPS 1917) tree →
- My bike has a flat tire. tree →
- Dad checked the tire pressure. tree →
- Running up hills tires me out. tree →
- I never tire of this song. tree →
- The puppy tired quickly and fell asleep. tree →
- Check your bike tires before a long ride. tree →
- Old though she was, it seemed impossible to tire her. tree →
note
Spelling: American and Canadian "tire"; British, Irish, Australian and New Zealand "tyre" for the wheel; the verb is always "tire". "Tired" means needing rest; "tiring" means making you tired. Safety: bike tires should be firm; soft tires make steering harder.
In the corpora
- Work can be tiring in the head, not only in the body.
- The octopus's body heart stops while it swims, so swimming tires it quickly, and octopuses mostly crawl over the rocks instead.
- Long curved claws hook over branches, so a sloth can hang upside down for hours, even asleep, without tiring.
- In British slang "well" means very, as in "I'm well tired"; no hyphen is needed there.
- A whistle can be heard much further away than a shout, and blowing it does not tire your voice.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «tire» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.