Definitions for tired

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Spelling: [tahyuh rd]

IPA: /taɪərd/

Tired is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 72 anagrams from letters in tired (deirt).

Definitions for tired

noun

1. British Dialect. fatigue.
2. a ring or band of rubber, either solid or hollow and inflated, or of metal, placed over the rim of a wheel to provide traction, resistance to wear, or other desirable properties.
3. a metal band attached to the outside of the felloes and forming the tread of a wagon wheel.
4. Archaic. a headdress.
5. Obsolete. attire or dress.

adjective

1. exhausted, as by exertion; fatigued or sleepy:
2. weary or bored (usually followed by of):
3. hackneyed; stale, as a joke, phrase, or sermon.
4. Informal. impatient or disgusted:
5. having a tire or tires.

verb (used with object)

1. to reduce or exhaust the strength of, as by exertion; make weary; fatigue:
2. to exhaust the interest, patience, etc., of; make weary; bore:
3. to furnish with tires.
4. Archaic. to dress (the head or hair), especially with a headdress.
5. Obsolete. to attire or array.

verb (used without object)

1. to have the strength reduced or exhausted, as by labor or exertion; become fatigued; be sleepy.
2. to have one's appreciation, interest, patience, etc., exhausted; become or be weary; become bored (usually followed by of):

Origin of tired

First recorded in 1350-1400, tired is from the Middle English word tyred. See tire¹, -ed²

Examples for tired

Hitchcock saw human behavior fresh, even in a tired form like melodrama.

I answered his questions perfunctorily, begging off that I was soon to return to my dorm, as I was tired.

Rested at Pintumbra, as there was good feed for our tired and hungry horses.

It's nice to be so tired, and to know one can sleep as long as one wants.

You must see that I am not in the least tired, only a little dazzled by the sun.

It always feels like you—like your arms, Mtterchen—and I am tired.

When I have time and am not too tired, I comfort myself with scribbling.

But Winter is dead, Clapton is tired of life on the road, and King unreliable in concert.

I was tired, my eyes burning from the road and kind of disoriented.

If your ears are tired of slick auto-tuned vocals, pick up this disk for an aural detox.