retyre
/ɹiːˈtaɪə/US/ɹiˈtaɪɹ/
retyre verb: to fit (a vehicle) with new tyres. Also the obsolete form of retire.
Verb
retyre (third-person singular simple present retyres, present participle retyring, simple past and past participle retyred)
- To fit (a vehicle) with new tyres.
- Meanwhile the steam crane would have already have upended the wheels and axle with the wheel to be retyred at the lowest point.2013, Alan Davies, Walkden Yard and the Lancashire Central Railways Colliery Locomotives
Noun
IPA/ɹɪˈtaɪə(ɹ)/
retyre
- retirement
- Now surely , Syre , I find,
That all this worlds gay showes, which we admire,
Be but vaine shadows to this safe retyre1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
- Now surely , Syre , I find,
Also used as
retyre is also the obsolete form of retire.
Forms of retyre
| third-person singular present | retyres |
|---|---|
| present participle | retyring |
| past participle | retyred |
| past | retyred |
| alternative form | retire |
| alternative form | re-tire |
Origin of retyre
From re- + tyre.
Questions about retyre
- What does retyre mean?
- Retyre means to fit (a vehicle) with new tyres.
- What part of speech is retyre?
- Retyre can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce retyre?
- Retyre is pronounced /ɹiːˈtaɪə/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of retyre?
- The past tense of retyre is retyred.
Words near retyre in the dictionary
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