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Tire
A tire (American English) or tyre (British English; see spelling differences) is a ring-shaped component that surrounds a wheel’s rim to transfer a vehicle’s load from the axle through the wheel to the ground and to provide traction on the surface traveled over. Most tires, such as those for automobiles and bicycles, are pneumatically inflated structures, which also provide a flexible cushion that absorbs shock as the tire rolls over rough features on the surface. Tires provide a footprint that is designed to match the weight of the vehicle with the bearing strength of the surface that it rolls over by providing a bearing pressure that will not deform the surface excessively.
The materials of modern pneumatic tires are synthetic rubber, natural rubber, fabric and wire, along with carbon black and other chemical compounds. They consist of a tread and a body. The tread provides traction while the body provides containment for a quantity of compressed air. Before rubber was developed, the first versions of tires were simply bands of metal fitted around wooden wheels to prevent wear and tear. Early rubber tires were solid (not pneumatic). Pneumatic tires are used on many types of vehicles, including cars, bicycles, motorcycles, buses, trucks, heavy equipment, and aircraft. Metal tires are still used on locomotives and railcars, and solid rubber (or other polymer) tires are still used in various non-automotive applications, such as some casters, carts, lawnmowers, and wheelbarrows.
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Tire (verb)
To become sleepy or weary.
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Tire (verb)
To make sleepy or weary.
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Tire (verb)
To become bored or impatient (with)
“I tire of this book.”
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Tire (verb)
To bore
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Tire (verb)
To dress or adorn.
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Tire (verb)
To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does.
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Tire (verb)
To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything.
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Tire (noun)
Accoutrements, accessories.
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Tire (noun)
Dress, clothes, attire.
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Tire (noun)
A covering for the head; a headdress.
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Tire (noun)
Metal rim of a wheel, especially that of a railroad locomotive.
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Tire (noun)
The rubber covering on a wheel; a tyre.
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Tire (noun)
A child’s apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore. Also tier.
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Tyre (noun)
The ring-shaped protective covering around a wheel which is usually made of rubber or plastic composite and is either pneumatic or solid.
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Tyre (noun)
curdled milk
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Tyre (verb)
To fit tyres to (a vehicle).
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Tyre (verb)
To adorn.
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Tire (verb)
feel or cause to feel in need of rest or sleep
“soon the ascent grew steeper and he began to tire”
“the training tired us out”
“the journey had tired her”
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Tire (verb)
lose interest in; become bored with
“the media will tire of publicizing every protest”
“the proof of a great story is that people never tire of retelling it”
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Tire (verb)
exhaust the patience or interest of; bore
“it tired her that Eddie felt important because he was involved behind the scenes”
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Tire (noun)
US spelling of tyre
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Tyre (noun)
a port on the Mediterranean in southern Lebanon; population 41,800 (est. 2009). Founded in the 2nd millennium BC as a colony of Sidon, it was for centuries a Phoenician port and trading centre.