Usually means: Rubber covering for wheel's rim.
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We found 43 dictionaries that define the word tire:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. tire: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. tire: Merriam-Webster
  3. tire, tire: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. tire, tire, tire: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. tire: Collins English Dictionary
  6. tire: Vocabulary.com
  7. Tire, tire, tire: Wordnik
  8. tire: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Tire, Tire, Tire: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  10. tire: Wiktionary
  11. tire: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  12. tire: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  13. tire: Infoplease Dictionary
  14. tire: Dictionary.com
  15. tire (n.), tire (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  16. tire: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  17. Tire (disambiguation), Tire: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  18. Tire: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  19. tire: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  20. tire: Rhymezone
  21. tire: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  22. tire: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  23. tire: FreeDictionary.org
  24. tire: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. tire: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. tire: Legal dictionary
  2. tire: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tire: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. tire: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. tire: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. TIRE: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  3. tire: Idioms

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Tire: Smith's Bible Dictionary
  2. TIRE: Glossary of Biblical English of the Authorised Version of the HOLY BIBLE

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tire: LITTLE EXPLORERS(TM) Picture Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Tire: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Tire: Bicycle Glossary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

(Note: See tired as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (intransitive) To become sleepy or weary.
verb:  (transitive) To make sleepy or weary.
verb:  (intransitive) To become bored or impatient (with).
verb:  (transitive) To bore.
noun:  A child's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore. Also tier.
noun:  (obsolete) Accoutrements, accessories.
noun:  (obsolete) Dress, clothes, attire.
noun:  A covering for the head; a headdress.
verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To dress or adorn.
verb:  (obsolete) To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does.
verb:  (obsolete) To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything.
noun:  A tier, row, or rank.
noun:  (American spelling, Canadian spelling) alternative spelling of tyre: The rubber covering on a wheel. [The ring-shaped protective covering around a wheel which is usually made of rubber or plastic composite and is either pneumatic or solid.]
noun:  (American spelling) alternative spelling of tyre: The metal rim of a wheel, especially that of a railroad locomotive. [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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