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Tire Definition

–verb (used with object)
1. to reduce or exhaust the strength of, as by exertion; make weary; fatigue: The long walk tired him.
2. to exhaust the interest, patience, etc., of; make weary; bore: Your stories tire me.
–verb (used without object)
3. to have the strength reduced or exhausted, as by labor or exertion; become fatigued; be sleepy.
4. to have one's appreciation, interest, patience, etc., exhausted; become or be weary; become bored (usually fol. by of): He soon tired of playing billiards.
–noun
5. British Dialect. fatigue.

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Rim Definition

–noun
1. the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, esp. of a circular object.
2. any edge, margin, or frame added to or around a central object or area.
3. the outer circle of a wheel, attached 1059 to the hub by spokes.
4. a circular strip of metal forming the connection between an automobile wheel and tire, either permanently attached to or removable from the wheel.
5. a drive wheel or flywheel, as on a spinning mule.
6. Basketball. the metal ring from which the net is suspended to form the basket.
7. Journalism. the outer edge of a usually U-shaped copy desk, occupied by the copyreaders. Compare slot (def. 5).
8. Metallurgy. (in an ingot) an outer layer of metal having a composition different from that of the center.
–verb (used with object)
9. to furnish with a rim, border, or margin.
10. (of a golf ball or putt) to roll around the edge of (a hole) but not go in.
11. Basketball. (of a basketball) to roll around (the rim of the basket) and not go in.
12. to coat or encrust the rim of (a glass): Rim each cocktail glass with salt.

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