Tire vs. Tyre — What's the Difference?

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.

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.

Feel or cause to feel in need of rest or sleep

Variant of tire2.

Lose interest in; become bored with

The ring-shaped protective covering around a wheel which is usually made of rubber or plastic composite and is either pneumatic or solid.

US spelling of tyre

The metal#Adjective rim, or metal covering on a rim, of a (wooden or metal) wheel, usually of steel or formerly wrought iron, as found on (horse-drawn or railway) carriages and wagons and on locomotives.

To lose energy or strength; grow weary

(India) Curdled milk.

To grow bored or impatient

Attire.

To diminish the energy or strength; fatigue

(transitive) To fit tyres to (a vehicle).

To exhaust the interest or patience of.

To adorn.

To adorn or attire.

Curdled milk.

A covering for a wheel, usually made of rubber reinforced with cords of nylon, fiberglass, or other material and filled with compressed air.

Attire. See 2d and 3d Tire.

A hoop of metal or rubber fitted around a wheel.

To prey upon. See 4th Tire.

Attire.

A port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea; formerly a major Phoenician seaport famous for silks

A headband or headdress.

Hoop that covers a wheel;

(intransitive) To become sleepy or weary.

(transitive) To make sleepy or weary.

(intransitive) To become bored or impatient (with).

(transitive) To bore.

To dress or adorn.

(obsolete) To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does.

(obsolete) To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything.

Alternative spelling of tyre#Etymology 1: The rubber covering on a wheel.

(American spelling) tyre#Etymology 1: The metal rim of a wheel, especially that of a railroad locomotive.

A child's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore. Also tier.

(obsolete) Accoutrements, accessories.

(obsolete) Dress, clothes, attire.

A covering for the head; a headdress.

A tier, row, or rank. See Tier.

Attire; apparel.

A covering for the head; a headdress.

A child's apron, covering the breast and having no sleeves; a pinafore; a tier.

Furniture; apparatus; equipment.

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.

To adorn; to attire; to dress.

To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does.

To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything.

To become weary; to be fatigued; to have the strength fail; to have the patience exhausted; as, a feeble person soon tires.

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.

Hoop that covers a wheel;

Get tired of something or somebody

Exhaust or tire through overuse or great strain or stress;

Deplete;

Cause to be bored