Tire, v. i. [F. tirer to draw or pull; of Teutonic origin, and akin to
E. tear to rend. See Tirade.] 1. To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a
hawk does. [Obs.]
Even as an empty eagle, sharp by fast, Tires with her beak on feathers,
flesh, and bone.
Shak.
Ye dregs of baseness, vultures among men, That tire upon the hearts of
generous spirits.
B. Jonson.
2. To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or
engaged with, anything. [Obs.]
Thus made she her remove, And left wrath tiring on her son.
Chapman.
Upon that were my thoughts tiring.
Shak.
Tire, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tired (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tiring.] [OE.
teorien to become weary, to fail, AS. teorian to be tired, be weary, to
tire, exhaust; perhaps akin to E. tear to rend, the intermediate sense
being, perhaps, to wear out; or cf. E. tarry.] To become weary; to be
fatigued; to have the strength fail; to have the patience exhausted;
as, a feeble person soon tires.
Tire, v. t. To exhaust the strength of, as by toil or labor; to exhaust
the patience of; to wear out (one's interest, attention, or the like);
to weary; to fatigue; to jade. Shak.
Tired with toil, all hopes of safety past.
Dryden.
To tire out, to weary or fatigue to exhaustion; to harass.
Syn. — To jade; weary; exhaust; harass. See Jade.
Tired (?), a. Weary; fatigued; exhausted.
Tired"ness, n. The state of being tired, or weary.
Tire"less (?), a. Untiring.