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tires

UK/ˈtaɪ̯ə(ɹ)z//ˈtaɪ̯ɚz/

tires is the plural of tire.

tires is the third-person singular simple present indicative of tire.

Meaning of tire

Noun (1)

tire (plural tires)

  1. US and Canada spelling of tyre: The rubber covering on a wheel.
  2. A child's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore. Also tier.
  3. (obsolete) Accoutrements, accessories.
    • the tire of war1705, John Philips, Blenheim
  4. (obsolete) Dress, clothes, attire.
    • Ne spared they to strip her naked all. / Then when they had despoild her tire and call, / Such as she was, their eyes might her behold.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
  5. A covering for the head; a headdress.
    • And on her head she wore a tyre of gold,1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 144

Noun (2)

tire (plural tires)

  1. A tier, row, or rank.
    • In posture to displode their second tire / Of thunder.1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...

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Phrases with tires

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Questions about tires

What is tires the plural of?
Tires is the plural of tire.
How do you pronounce tires?
Tires is pronounced /ˈtaɪ̯ə(ɹ)z/ (UK).

Words near tires in the dictionary

  1. tirelike
  2. tireling
  3. tiremaker
  4. tiremakers
  5. tiremaking
  6. tires
  7. tires out
  8. Tiresian
  9. Tiresias
  10. tiresome
  11. tiresomely

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