# Is tires = fatigue a word? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 6, 2024, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-tires-fatigue-a-word/995707 "2024-01-06T19:06:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2024, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-tires-fatigue-a-word/995707/21 "2024-01-06T23:50:15Z")
Apparently you didn’t look in the right dictionary. [https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/tire](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/tire) > [@](#): > > **Word forms:** tires 3rd person singular present tense, tiring present participle, tired past tense past participle > > 1. TRANSITIVE VERB/INTRANSITIVE VERB > > If something tires you or you tire, you feel that you have used a lot of energy and you want to rest or sleep. > > If driving tires you, take the train. > > **Synonyms:** [exhaust](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/exhaust), [drain](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/drain), [fatigue](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/fatigue), [weary](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/weary) [More Synonyms of **tire**](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english-thesaurus/tire#tire__1) > > 1. INTRANSITIVE VERB [no passive] > > If you tire of something, you no longer wish to do it, because you have become bored of it or unhappy with it. > > He felt he would never tire of listening to her stories. > > 1. COUNTABLE NOUN > > A tire is a [thick](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/thick) piece of rubber which is [fitted](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/fitt) onto the wheels of vehicles such as [cars](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/car), [buses](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/bus), and [bicycles](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/bicycle). > > REGIONAL NOTE: in BRIT, use [tyre](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/tyre) To be fair, a few other dictionaries also did not have “tires”, only tire and tired. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2024, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-tires-fatigue-a-word/995707/22 "2024-01-06T23:54:57Z")
Glad to get that cleared up. I was writing a reddit post and was concerned about car tire jokes if I used tires. I ended up substituting a different word. Someone mentioned above that questioning our spelling can lead to confusion. ---
**Author:** ![gnarator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gnarator/32/8266_2.png) [@gnarator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnarator)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-tires-fatigue-a-word/995707/23 "2024-01-07T00:09:26Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Apostrophes are for possessives, contractions, and grocery store employees. _golf clap_ ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-tires-fatigue-a-word/995707/24 "2024-01-07T00:32:54Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Yes, in English the third person singular present form of regular verbs end in **s**. I’ve been racking my brain trying to think of an exception but I don’t think there is one. This is universal. Sometimes the spelling changes, so for example “try” becomes “tries”, but there is still an “s”. If you have a regular verb, there will be a valid form with an “s” at the end. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-tires-fatigue-a-word/995707/25 "2024-01-07T00:38:08Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > The phrase “She/He tires easily.” comes to mind. That phrase tires me out. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-tires-fatigue-a-word/995707/26 "2024-01-07T00:46:29Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > > [@running\_coach](#): > > > > The phrase “She/He tires easily.” comes to mind. > > That phrase tires me out. - You know why bicycles fall over? They’re two tired. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-tires-fatigue-a-word/995707/27 "2024-01-07T00:55:27Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > > [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > > > Yes, in English the third person singular present form of regular verbs end in **s**. > > I’ve been racking my brain trying to think of an exception but I don’t think there is one. (Well, an exception would be an _ir_regular verb…) But I think you’re right, all the irregular verbs end in “s” too, except modal verbs which is cheating. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-tires-fatigue-a-word/995707/28 "2024-01-07T01:59:07Z")
I wot thou wost he/she/it wot we wit they wit ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-tires-fatigue-a-word/995707/29 "2024-01-07T04:07:36Z")
That’s why we voted Middle English out of the language in the by-election of 1678. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-tires-fatigue-a-word/995707.md?page=1)