feel or cause to feel in need of rest or sleep

soon the ascent grew steeper and he began to tire

the journey had tired her

the training tired us out

lose interest in; become bored with

the media will tire of publicizing every protest

the proof of a great story is that people never tire of retelling it

in need of sleep or rest; weary

Fisher rubbed his tired eyes

she was tired out now that the strain was over

bored or impatient with

I have to look after these animals when you get tired of them

(especially of a statement or idea) boring or uninteresting because overfamiliar

tired clichés like the ‘information revolution’

a rubber-tyred vehicle