Wearied - English meaning

noun

A shrub or clump of shrubs with stems of moderate length.

Usage examples:

A rose bush

verb

Spread out into a thick clump.

Usage examples:

Her hair bushed out like a halo

noun

A metal lining for a round hole, especially one in which an axle revolves.

Usage examples:

A very communicative one too thanks those urethane bushes and the back axle bouncing up and down ju…

verb

Make (someone) very weak and infirm.

Usage examples:

He was severely debilitated by a stomach upset

verb

To make someone or something physically weak

Usage examples:

Chemotherapy exhausted and debilitated him.

verb

Deprive of strength and vigour.

Usage examples:

Technological progress has given enormous power to humanity, but at the cost of devitalizing the sp…

verb

If body tissue is devitalized, it is weak or no longer living, for example because of disease or injury

Usage examples:

Devitalize tissue the wound is cleaned, and all dirt and loose devitalized tissue is removed., mali…

verb

If food is devitalized, it has been prepared or treated in a way that removes most or all of its nutrients (= natural substances that are needed for good health)

Usage examples:

White bread and white rice have had their germ and bran removed and they are also devitalized and e…

verb

Cause the water or other liquid in (something) to run out, leaving it empty or dry.

Usage examples:

We drained the swimming pool

noun

A channel or pipe carrying off surplus liquid, especially rainwater or liquid waste.

Usage examples:

The room's toilet pipes and shower drains carry this waste to a holding tank.

verb

Emptying something by allowing liquid to run out of it

verb

Make (someone) feel drained of energy or vitality.

Usage examples:

The heat enervated us all

adjective

Lacking in energy or vitality.

Usage examples:

The enervate slightness of his frail form

verb

To make someone feel weak and without energy

verb

Make weak or feeble.

Usage examples:

Sickness had enfeebled me

verb

To make someone or something very weak

verb

Make (someone) feel very tired.

Usage examples:

Her day out had exhausted her

noun

Waste gases or air expelled from an engine, turbine, or other machine in the course of its operation.

Usage examples:

Buses spewing out black clouds of exhaust

verb

To make a person or an animal extremely tired

Usage examples:

The long hike up the mountain exhausted us all., after a whole day with the kids, her patience was …

noun

Extreme tiredness resulting from mental or physical exertion or illness.

Usage examples:

He was nearly dead with fatigue

verb

Cause (someone) to feel exhausted.

Usage examples:

They were fatigued by their journey

noun

The condition of being extremely tired

Usage examples:

The doctor said he was suffering from fatigue and work-related stress.

verb

Cause to show the effects of exhaustion or strain.

Usage examples:

Richard was frequently frazzled by the conflicting demands of work and home

noun

The state of being completely exhausted.

Usage examples:

I'm tired, worn to a frazzle

noun

A state of being very tired in a nervous or slightly anxious (= worried and nervous) way after a lot of mental or physical effort

Usage examples:

She's worn herself to a frazzle (= made herself very tired and nervous) trying to meet the deadline…

verb

Prevent from functioning in a normal way.

Usage examples:

He was incapacitated by a heart attack

verb

To remove someone’s ability to do something

Usage examples:

The accident incapacitated me for seven months., an incapacitating illness, the novel tells the sto…

noun

A hard, typically green stone used for ornaments and implements and consisting of the minerals jadeite or nephrite.

Usage examples:

A jade figurine

noun

A bad-tempered or disreputable woman.

verb

Require to pay too much tax.

Usage examples:

The uk is not overtaxed compared to other countries

verb

To demand too much tax from someone or to put too much tax on goods

Usage examples:

"we overtax the poor," the senator claimed., food and clothing should not be overtaxed., filling so…

verb

Exhaust (someone).

Usage examples:

Walk at a pace that does not overtire you

adjective

Lying stretched out on the ground with one's face downwards.

Usage examples:

There was a man praying before an idol, lying prostrate

verb

Throw oneself flat on the ground so as to be lying face downwards, especially in reverence or submission.

Usage examples:

She prostrated herself on the bare floor of the church

adjective

Lying flat with the face down

Usage examples:

She lay there prostrate, exhausted after a long day's work.

noun

The fluid which circulates in the vascular system of a plant, consisting chiefly of water with dissolved sugars and mineral salts.

Usage examples:

Create a living smorgasbord that includes plants with berries, foliage, fruit, nectar, nuts, pollen…

verb

Gradually weaken or destroy (a person's strength or power).

Usage examples:

Our energy is being sapped by bureaucrats and politicians

verb

Dig a sap or saps.

Usage examples:

Having sapped up to the glacis of the city ramparts, versaillais troops entered the city

verb

Break or cause to break suddenly and violently into pieces.

Usage examples:

Bullets riddled the bar top, glasses shattered, bottles exploded

noun

A compulsory contribution to state revenue, levied by the government on workers' income and business profits, or added to the cost of some goods, services, and transactions.

Usage examples:

Higher taxes will dampen consumer spending

verb

Impose a tax on (someone or something).

Usage examples:

The income will be taxed at the top rate

noun

(an amount of) money paid to the government, usually a percentage of personal income or of the cost of goods or services bought

Usage examples:

[ c ] income/sales/social security tax, [ c ] a property/gasoline tax, [ u ] the senator proposed a…

verb

Feel or cause to feel in need of rest or sleep.

Usage examples:

Soon the ascent grew steeper and he began to tire

noun

Us spelling of tyre.

noun

A rubber covering, typically inflated or surrounding an inflated inner tube, placed round a wheel to form a soft contact with the road.

verb

Strike forcefully with a sharp blow.

Usage examples:

His attacker whacked him on the head

noun

A sharp or resounding blow.

Usage examples:

With a few whacks and some loud whistles, they drove the animals away

verb

The act of hitting vigorously