Dire vs. Tire — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Dire and Tire
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Dire
Extremely serious or urgent
Misuse of drugs can have dire consequences
He was in dire need of help
Tire
A tire (American English) or tyre (British English) 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 over which the wheel travels. 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.
Dire
Of a very poor quality
The concert was dire
Tire
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
Dire
Warning of or having dreadful or terrible consequences; calamitous
A dire economic forecast.
Dire threats.
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Tire
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
Dire
Urgent; desperate
In dire need.
Dire poverty.
Tire
US spelling of tyre
Dire
Warning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous.
Dire omens
Tire
To lose energy or strength; grow weary
When you're sick, you tend to tire easily.
Dire
Requiring action to prevent bad consequences: urgent, pressing.
Dire need
Tire
To grow bored or impatient
The audience tired after the first 30 minutes of the movie.
Dire
Expressing bad consequences: dreadful; dismal.
Dire consequences;
To be in dire straits
Tire
To diminish the energy or strength; fatigue
The long walk tired me.
Dire
(informal) Bad in quality, awful, terrible.
His dire mistake allowed her to checkmate him with her next move.
Tire
To exhaust the interest or patience of.
Dire
Ill-boding; portentous; as, dire omens.
Tire
To adorn or attire.
Dire
Evil in great degree; dreadful; dismal; horrible; terrible; lamentable.
Dire was the tossing, deep the groans.
Gorgons and hydras and chimeras dire.
Tire
A covering for a wheel, usually made of rubber reinforced with cords of nylon, fiberglass, or other material and filled with compressed air.
Dire
Fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless;
A desperate illness
On all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel
A dire emergency
Tire
A hoop of metal or rubber fitted around a wheel.
Dire
Causing fear or dread or terror;
The awful war
An awful risk
Dire news
A career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked
The dread presence of the headmaster
Polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was
A dreadful storm
A fearful howling
Horrendous explosions shook the city
A terrible curse
Tire
Attire.
Tire
A headband or headdress.
Tire
(intransitive) To become sleepy or weary.
Tire
(transitive) To make sleepy or weary.
Tire
(intransitive) To become bored or impatient (with).
I tire of this book.
Tire
(transitive) To bore.
Tire
To dress or adorn.
Tire
(obsolete) To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does.
Tire
(obsolete) To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything.
Tire
Alternative spelling of tyre#Etymology 1: The rubber covering on a wheel.
Tire
(American spelling) tyre#Etymology 1: The metal rim of a wheel, especially that of a railroad locomotive.
Tire
A child's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore. Also tier.
Tire
(obsolete) Accoutrements, accessories.
Tire
(obsolete) Dress, clothes, attire.
Tire
A covering for the head; a headdress.
Tire
A tier, row, or rank. See Tier.
In posture to displode their second tireOf thunder.
Tire
Attire; apparel.
Tire
A covering for the head; a headdress.
On her head she wore a tire of gold.
Tire
A child's apron, covering the breast and having no sleeves; a pinafore; a tier.
Tire
Furniture; apparatus; equipment.
Tire
A ring, hoop or band, as of rubber or metal, on the circumference of the wheel of a vehicle, to impart strength and receive the wear. In Britain, spelled tyre.
Tire
To adorn; to attire; to dress.
[Jezebel] painted her face, and tired her head.
Tire
To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does.
Even as an empty eagle, sharp by fast,Tires with her beak on feathers, flesh, and bone.
Ye dregs of baseness, vultures among men,That tire upon the hearts of generous spirits.
Tire
To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything.
Thus made she her remove,And left wrath tiring on her son.
Upon that were my thoughts tiring.
Tire
To become weary; to be fatigued; to have the strength fail; to have the patience exhausted; as, a feeble person soon tires.
Tire
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.
Tired with toil, all hopes of safety past.
Tire
Hoop that covers a wheel;
Automobile tires are usually made of rubber and filled with compressed air
Tire
Get tired of something or somebody
Tire
Exhaust or tire through overuse or great strain or stress;
We wore ourselves out on this hike
Tire
Deplete;
Exhaust one's savings
We quickly played out our strength
Tire
Cause to be bored
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