weary
part of speech
adjective (weary, wearier, weariest); verb (weary, wearies, wearied, wearying)
meaning for a pupil
1) Weary means very tired, especially after a lot of work or a long journey. tree →
2) Weary of something means bored or fed up with it after too much of it: «weary of the rain». tree →
3) To weary (verb) means to make or become tired: «The long walk wearied us.» tree →
4) (Bible) In the Bible, Jesus says, «Come to me, all you who are weary,» offering rest. tree →
sense in the lessons
In stories, weary travellers, soldiers and heroes rest after long journeys; the word gives a slow, tired feeling. In church, the Bible verse «Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest» (Matthew 11:28) is often read. Phrases: «weary of», «a weary sigh», «bone-weary», «world-weary».
examples
- After the long hike, we were weary and hungry. tree →
- The weary travellers stopped at the inn. tree →
- I'm weary of eating the same lunch every day. tree →
- She gave a weary sigh and sat down. tree →
- Mum looked weary after her night shift. tree →
- (Bible) «Come to me, all you who are weary,» Jesus said. tree →
- The long speech wearied the audience. tree →
- It was weary work for Kotick. tree →
note
Say «WEER-ee» (rhymes with «cheery»). Do not confuse with «wary» (careful, watchful: WAIR-ee) or «worry». Comparative: wearier, weariest. Adverb: wearily. Noun: weariness.
In the corpora
- The third swallow tried «stopping on» one year: «O the weary length of the nights!
- And Rebekah said to Isaac: 'I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth.
- And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary; and he refreshed himself there.
- Your new moons and your appointed seasons My soul hateth; they are a burden unto Me; I am weary to bear them.
- Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall;
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «weary» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.