1. To cause to be bored; SYN. tire.
2. To drill a hole into; SYN. drill.
tidal flow of water up estuaries
wall of water advancing up narrow estuary at certain tides.

To tire with labor or any bodily or mental exertion; to burden with labor; to exhaust the strength or endurance of; SYN. jade; tire; weary.

1. To determine the court costs of; in court actions; SYN. assess.
2. To levy a tax on.
3. To use to the limit; SYN. task.

ETYM French tirer to draw or pull; of Teutonic origin, and akin to Eng. tear to rend. Related to Tirade.
1. To exhaust or tire though overuse or great strain or stress; SYN. wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue.
2. To get tired of something or somebody; SYN. pall, weary, fatigue, jade.
Inflatable (pneumatic) rubber casing fitted to the wheel rims of bicycles and motor vehicles. The first pneumatic rubber tire was patented by R W Thomson 1845, but it was John Boyd Dunlop of Belfast who independently reinvented pneumatic tires for use with bicycles 1888–89. Vulcanization, used in tire manufacture, was invented by Charles Goodyear in 1844. + prikaži više

1. To consume, or render useless, by attrition or decay
2. To waste the strength of; as, an old man worn out in military service.

1. To reduce or exhaust the physical strength or endurance of; to tire; to fatigue.
2. To make weary of anything; to exhaust the patience of.