{
    "term": "tire",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "tire",
            "heSheIt": "tires"
        },
        "pastSimple": "tired",
        "pastParticiple": "tired",
        "ingForm": "tiring"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to become tired and feel as if you want to sleep or rest; to make somebody feel this way",
            "sensetop": "tire (somebody)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Her legs were beginning to tire."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has made a good recovery but still tires easily."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Walking even a short distance tires him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She found herself tiring more quickly these days."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Long conversations tired her."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Feelings"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["easily", "quickly", "eventually"],
                "verb + tire": ["begin to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to do something a lot, especially in a way that annoys people",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He went to Harvard—as he never tires of reminding us."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtaɪə(r)/",
                "audio": "ti/tire/tire__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtaɪəz/",
                "audio": "ti/tire/tires__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtaɪəd/",
                "audio": "ti/tire/tired__gb_3.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtaɪərɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ti/tire/tiring__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtaɪər/",
                "audio": "ti/tire/tire__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtaɪərz/",
                "audio": "ti/tire/tires__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtaɪərd/",
                "audio": "ti/tire/tired__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtaɪərɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ti/tire/tiring__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "verb Old English tēorian ‘fail, come to an end’, also ‘become physically exhausted’, of unknown origin."
}