Meaning

7 senses

  1. (intransitive)To become sleepy or weary.

    ermüden

    устава́тьustavátʹ, уста́тьustátʹ, утомля́тьсяutomljátʹsja

    вто́млюватисяvtómljuvatysja, втомля́тисяvtomljátysja, втоми́тисяvtomýtysja

    lose interest or become bored with something or somebody

  2. (transitive)To make sleepy or weary.

    ermüden

    утомля́тьutomljátʹ, утоми́тьutomítʹ

    сто́млюватиstómljuvaty, стоми́тиstomýty

  3. (intransitive)To become bored or impatient (with).

    I tire of this book.

    ermüden

    надоеда́тьnadojedátʹ, надое́стьnadojéstʹ

    набрида́тиnabrydáty, набри́днутиnabrýdnuty

    cause to be bored

  4. (transitive)To bore.

    надоеда́тьnadojedátʹ, надое́стьnadojéstʹ

    набрида́тиnabrydáty, набри́днутиnabrýdnuty

  5. (obsolete, transitive)To dress or adorn.

    украша́тьukrašátʹ, укра́ситьukrásitʹ

  6. (obsolete)To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does.

  7. (obsolete)To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything.

Examples

5128 sentences

  1. I'm tired of eating fast food.

    Я втомився від фаст-фуду. — deniko

    ruЯ устал от фаст-фуда. — afyodor

    deIch habe es satt, Fastfood zu essen. — MUIRIEL

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  2. Why are you so tired today?

    Чому ти сьогодні такий втомлений? — deniko

    ruПочему ты сегодня такой уставший? — nadya

    deWarum sind Sie so müde heute? — Eldad

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  3. I am too tired to run.

    Я занадто втомився, щоби бігти. — deniko

    ruЯ слишком устал, чтобы бегать. — corvard

    deIch bin zu müde zum Laufen. — MUIRIEL

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  4. I was tired of watching TV.

    Я втомився дивитися телевізор. — deniko

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  5. I am very tired from teaching.

    Я дуже втомився викладати. — deniko

    ruЯ очень устал от преподавания. — Olya

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
to become sleepy:
to make sleepy:
to become bored:
Русский
By meaning 4
to become sleepy:
to make sleepy:
to become bored:
to dress or adorn:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to become sleepy:

Origin

From Middle English tiren, tirien, teorien, from Old English tȳrian, tēorian (“to fail, ce

From Middle English tiren, tirien, teorien, from Old English tȳrian, tēorian (“to fail, cease, become weary, be tired, exhausted; tire, weary, exhaust”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-West Germanic *teuʀōn (“to cease”), which is possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dews- (“to fail, be behind, lag”). Compare Ancient Greek δεύομαι (deúomai, “to lack”), Sanskrit दोष (dóṣa, “crime, fault, vice, deficiency”).

Probably from Middle English tir(e) (“equipment, furnshings, ornament”). See the details at tyre.

From Middle English tire, from Old French tirer (“to draw or pull”), akin to English tear (“to rend”).

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Forms

tires, tiring, tired, tired
Base formtire · to tire
3rd person singulartires
Present participletiring
Past simpletired
Past participletired

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytire
he, she, ittires

Past simpleLesson

all personstired

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave tired
he, she, ithas tired

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill tire

Synonyms

29 synonyms
boreB1wearyB2exhaustC1fatigueC1jadeB1wearA1bend someone's eardepressennuihold by the buttontalk someone under the tablebeleaguerfordodo for
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms
refresh

Word family

9 related words
RelatedtiresomeB2fatiguedtiring-house
DerivedretireA2tiredA1outtireovertiretire outuntire

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • too tired to
  • was too tired
  • got tired of
  • was very tired
  • got tired
  • tired of waiting
  • a flat tire
  • a little tired
  • tired of doing
  • sick and tired
  • flat tire
  • is tired of

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
tiptoeB2tiradetiramisutirednessB2tirelesstirelesslytiresomeB2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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