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WordBand 5.5–6.5Core (NGSL)

tire

/ˈtʌɪ̯ɚ/

noun1 of 2

lose energy and feel that you need to rest

  • “Open-world games are fun, but I get tired of them.”Tatoeba
  • “By the time I was there, they were very tired.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

verb2 of 2

To become sleepy or weary.

Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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