different between tyre vs tye

English

Etymology 1

The Oxford English Dictionary suggests that the word derives from attire, while other sources suggest a connection with the verb to tie. The spelling tyre is used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and most current and former Commonwealth nations after being revived in the 19th century. Both tyre and tire were used in the 15th and 16th centuries. The United States did not adopt the revival of tyre, and tire is the only spelling currently used there.

Alternative forms

• (US) tire

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ta??(?)/
• Rhymes: -a??(r)
• Homophone: tire

Noun

tyre (plural tyres) (British spelling, Irish, most current and former Commonwealth nations spelling)

1. The ring-shaped protective covering around a wheel which is usually made of rubber or plastic composite and is either pneumatic or solid.
2. The metal rim of a wheel, especially that of a railway vehicle.

Derived terms

• pneumatic tyre
• spare tyre
• tyre barrier
• tyre lever

Descendants

• ? Chamorro: taia'
• ? Japanese: ??? (taiya)
• ? Korean: ??? (taieo)
• ? Malay: tayar
• ? Welsh: teiar

Translations

Verb

tyre (third-person singular simple present tyres, present participle tyring, simple past and past participle tyred)

1. (transitive) To fit tyres to (a vehicle).
   • 1929, The Listener (issues 41-50, page 552)

     The circular iron platform over there is used in the task of tyring the wheels, a warm job, too, by the way.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Tamil ????? (tayir), itself from Sanskrit ??? (dádhi). Doublet of dahi.

Noun

tyre (uncountable)

1. (India) Curdled milk.

Etymology 3

Noun

tyre (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Attire.

Verb

tyre (third-person singular simple present tyres, present participle tyring, simple past and past participle tyred)

1. (obsolete) To adorn.

References

• tyre in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Trey, Tyer, trey, trye, tyer

Albanian

Alternative forms

• tyne [tyn?] (Gheg)

Adjective

i tyre m (feminine e tyre, m plural e tyre, f plural e tyre)

1. their

Declension

See also

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?t?y??]

Etymology 1

Derived from the noun tyr (“bull”).

Verb

tyre (imperative tyr, infinitive at tyre, present tense tyrer, past tense tyrede, perfect tense har tyret)

1. grind away at
2. put down
3. kick violently

Inflection

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

tyre c

1. indefinite plural of tyr

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

tyre m or n (definite singular tyren or tyret, indefinite plural tyrar or tyre, definite plural tyrane or tyra)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by tyri

Anagrams

• ryte, yret, ytre

English

Etymology

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Noun

tye (plural tyes)

1. A knot; a tie.
2. (Britain) A patch of common land, often a village green.
3. (nautical) A chain or rope, one end of which passes through the mast, and is made fast to the center of a yard; the other end is attached to a tackle, by means of which the yard is hoisted or lowered.
4. (mining) A trough for washing ores.

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Translations

References

• 1748. David Hume. Enquiry concerning Human Understanding. Section 3. § 6.

  the events or actions, which the writer relates, must be connected together, by some bond or tye

Verb

tye (third-person singular simple present tyes, present participle tyeing, simple past and past participle tyed)

1. Obsolete form of tie.

Anagrams

• -ety, ety, tey, yet

Afrikaans

Noun

tye

1. plural of tyd

Sranan Tongo

Interjection

tye

1. oh