Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Tiring"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tire \Tire\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tired}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tiring}.] [OE. teorien to become weary, to fail, AS. teorian
to be tired, be weary, to tire, exhaust; perhaps akin to E.
tear to rend, the intermediate sense being, perhaps, to wear
out; or cf. E. tarry.]
To become weary; to be fatigued; to have the strength fail;
to have the patience exhausted; as, a feeble person soon
tires.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tiring
adj : producing exhaustion; "an exhausting march"; "the visit was
especially wearing" [syn: {exhausting}, {wearing}, {wearying}]
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