Tyre

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

Tyre, n. [Tamil tayir.].

 Curdled milk.  [1913 Webster]

Tyre, n. 

 Same as 2nd tire, n., sense 5.  [PJC]

Tyre, n. & v. 

 Attire. See 2d and 3d Tire.  [1913 Webster]

Tyre, v. i. 

 To prey upon. See 4th Tire.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Tyre, n. (US tire) a rubber covering, usu. inflated, placed round a wheel to form a soft contact with the road.

Idiom

tyre-gauge a portable device for measuring the air-pressure in a tyre.

Etymology

var. of TIRE(2)

ROGET THESAURUS

Tyre

Outline

N outline, circumference, perimeter, periphery, ambit, circuit, lines tournure, contour, profile, silhouette, bounds, coast line, zone, belt, girth, band, baldric, zodiac, girdle, tyre, cingle, clasp, girt, cordon, circlet.

Rotation

N rotation, revolution, spinning, gyration, turning about an axis, turning aound an axis, circulation, roll, circumrotation, circumvolution, circumgyration, volutation, circination, turbination, pirouette, convolution, verticity, whir, whirl, eddy, vortex, whirlpool, gurge, countercurrent, Maelstrom, Charybdis, Ixion, cyclone, tornado, whirlwind, dust devil, spin-out, axis, axis of rotation, swivel, pivot, pivot point, axle, spindle, pin, hinge, pole, arbor, bobbin, mandrel, axle shaft, gymbal, hub, hub of rotation, helix, helical motion, angular momentum, angular velocity, revolutions per minute, RPM, centrifugal force, surge, vertigo, dizzy round, coriolus force, carousel, merry-go-round, Ferris wheel, top, dreidel, teetotum, gyroscope, turntable, lazy suzan, screw, whirligig, rollingstone, water wheel, windmill, wheel, pulley wheel, roulette wheel, potter's wheel, pinwheel, gear, roller, flywheel, jack, caster, centrifuge, ultracentrifuge, bench centrifuge, refrigerated centrifuge, gas centrifuge, microfuge, drill, augur, oil rig, wagon wheel, wheel, tire, tyre, trochilics, whirling dervish, rotating, rotary, rotary, circumrotatory, trochilic, vertiginous, gyratory, vortical, vorticose, head over heels, round and round, like a horse in a mill.