Definitions for fatigue

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fatigue fa·tigue

Spelling: [fuh-teeg]

IPA: /fəˈtig/

Fatigue is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 117 anagrams from letters in fatigue (aefgitu).

Definitions for fatigue

noun

1. weariness from bodily or mental exertion.
2. a cause of weariness; slow ordeal; exertion:
3. Physiology. temporary diminution of the irritability or functioning of organs, tissues, or cells after excessive exertion or stimulation.
4. Civil Engineering. the weakening or breakdown of material subjected to stress, especially a repeated series of stresses.
5. Also called fatigue duty. Military. labor of a generally nonmilitary kind done by soldiers, such as cleaning up an area, digging drainage ditches, or raking leaves. the state of being engaged in such labor:
6. fatigues, Military. fatigue clothes.

adjective

1. of or relating to fatigues or any clothing made to resemble them:

plural noun

1. a soldier's uniform for fatigue duty.

verb (used with object)

1. to weary with bodily or mental exertion; exhaust the strength of:
2. Civil Engineering. to subject (a material) to fatigue.

verb (used without object)

1. to become fatigued.
2. Civil Engineering. (of a material) to undergo fatigue.

Origin of fatigue

1685-95; French fatigue (noun), fatiguer (v.) Latin fatīgāre to tire

Examples for fatigue

The Czar might retreat until his pursuers perished of fatigue and hunger.

fatigue, sadness, or psychosis is not about choice or laziness or selfishness.

With the Pentagon concerned about fatigue and morale, a lost piece of valuable property is the last thing these families need.

There's debate about whether it's a true addiction, but it's definitely bad moods, anxiety, fatigue.

It was as if she found in sheer activity and fatigue a remedy for her uneasiness.

He showed no signs of haste, nor of fatigue, nor of any human feeling.

fatigue feels heavy, like I am trudging through life with a 300-pound man on my back.

One of its most deadly weapons is fatigue, or the simulation of fatigue.

fatigue made the ladies glad to be shown to the rooms prepared for them.

Renmark stepped into the light, and she saw his face was haggard with fatigue and anxiety.