Definitions for fatigues
fatigues
fa·tigue
Spelling: [fuh-teeg]
IPA: /fəˈtig/
Fatigues is a 8 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.
You can make 268 anagrams from letters in fatigues (aefgistu).
Definitions for fatigues
noun
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weariness from bodily or mental exertion.
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a cause of weariness; slow ordeal; exertion:
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Physiology. temporary diminution of the irritability or functioning of organs, tissues, or cells after excessive exertion or stimulation.
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Civil Engineering. the weakening or breakdown of material subjected to stress, especially a repeated series of stresses.
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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:
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fatigues, Military. fatigue clothes.
adjective
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of or relating to fatigues or any clothing made to resemble them:
plural noun
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a soldier's uniform for fatigue duty.
verb (used with object)
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to weary with bodily or mental exertion; exhaust the strength of:
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Civil Engineering. to subject (a material) to fatigue.
verb (used without object)
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to become fatigued.
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Civil Engineering. (of a material) to undergo fatigue.
Origin of fatigues
1685-95; French fatigue (noun), fatiguer (v.) Latin fatīgāre to tire
Examples for fatigues
Arrived at Lambeth, he was left to repose after his fatigues and excitements.
This meal gave us all additional strength to support our fatigues.
Suddenly, a figure jumps out of a bush dressed head-to-toe in Army fatigues wielding a giant baseball bat.
The younger sister had no estimate of her older sister's fatigues.
The fatigues, the affairs of a Ruler of State are incredible.
Has the fair Aurelia recovered from the last night's fatigues?
In my opinion, there are no fatigues in the exercises but what are more easy and more agreeable.
He was now worn with fatigues, and by the protracted anxieties of his situation.
Petrea, spite of all fatigues and adventures, is quite superb.
She knew something of the fatigues, as well as the pleasures, of solitude.