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Dire vs. Tire — What's the Difference?

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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