tyre
noun
tire.
tyre
1 American
[tahyuhr]
/ taɪər /
noun
British.
tyred,
tyring
Tyre
2
American
[tahyuhr]
/ taɪər /
noun
tyre
1
British
/ ˈtaɪə /
noun
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a rubber ring placed over the rim of a wheel of a road vehicle to provide traction and reduce road shocks, esp a hollow inflated ring ( pneumatic tyre ) consisting of a reinforced outer casing enclosing an inner tube See also tubeless tyre cross-ply radial-ply
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a ring of wear-resisting steel shrunk thermally onto a cast-iron railway wheel
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a metal band or hoop attached to the rim of a wooden cartwheel
verb
Tyre
2
British
/ ˈtaɪə /
noun
Etymology
Origin of tyre
C18: variant of C15 tire, probably from tire ³
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In F1 these days, only Alonso and Lewis Hamilton survive from the days when the drivers could push flat out throughout a grand prix with no concerns about tyre management.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Questioning it on his race-simulation run late in the session, he was told his tyre wear did appear to be "an outlier" compared to that of Verstappen.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Whichever tyre Russell chose was unlikely to make it to the end, so Mercedes knew at that point they would almost certainly have to stop again.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
The team had split the drivers' tyre strategies - Kimi Antonelli took the conventional strategy and started on the mediums, Russell had gone for the hards.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
He took his weight off the car, turned and pressed a foot against the front tyre as though to test it.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
The German tire maker sold MyCar Tyre & Auto to Tuhu at an enterprise value of $403 million and Citi doesn’t expect any material tax or transaction cost impact.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Ghazi was handed over at the Naqoura crossing before being taken to an army intelligence facility in Tyre for a medical examination.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
The strikes triggered a wave of displacement, with families filling cars with their belongings and heading towards Tyre, the largest city in the south, Madihli said.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
An NNA journalist had also reported drones flying over the Tyre area, while an AFP correspondent heard continuous artillery shelling in the southern town of Nabatieh.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
In Tyre, Mark Antony received a letter from his wife, Fulvia.
From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby
You'll never get tyred of watching it … Guardian Viral Video Chart.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 15, 2013
Being weary, att last, out of breath, we gave over like 2 cocks over tyred with fighting.
From Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson by Pierre Esprit Radisson
Tew tyred to eat, tew; and the water hyar is regularly pisen; hev you-all seen it?
From The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls by Marie Van Vorst
Which—for my Muse herselfe now tyred has, Unto another tale I’ll overpas.’”
From Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series by Charles Godfrey Leland
Coniecture the rest, my words sticke fast in the mire and are cleane tyred, would I had neuer vndertooke this tragicall tale.
From The Vnfortunate Traveller, or The Life Of Jack Wilton With An Essay On The Life And Writings Of Thomas Nash By Edmund Gosse by Edmund Gosse
I'm just tyring to get an out,''; Millwood explained.
From Seattle Times ● May 19, 2012
This green plot shall be our stage, this hawthorn brake our tyring house, and we will do it in action, as we will do it before the Duke.
From A Fairy Tale in Two Acts Taken from Shakespeare (1763) by Shakespeare (spurious and doubtful works)
On Wednesday the curtain fell on the most gorgeous and successful Pageant ever enacted—a Pageant in which all the nations of the earth played a part, with the Crystal Palace for their "tyring house."
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