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Meaning of tired

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

tired

Pronunciation:/taɪəd//taɪɚd/

verb

Definitions

  1. To become sleepy or weary.

  2. To make sleepy or weary.

  3. To become bored or impatient (with).

    Example: I tire of this book.

  4. To bore.

verb

Definitions

  1. To dress or adorn.

verb

Definitions

  1. To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does.

  2. To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything.

adjective

Definitions

  1. In need of some rest or sleep.

  2. Fed up, annoyed, irritated, sick of.

    Example: I'm tired of this

  3. Overused, cliché.

    Example: a tired song

  4. Ineffectual; incompetent