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# tyre

noun (a tyre, tyres); American: tire

«tyre» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A tyre is a thick rubber ring, usually filled with air, that fits around a wheel of a car, bike or other vehicle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tyre/#m1)
2. A flat tyre is one with no air in it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tyre/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and safety: check your bike tyres have enough air before you ride; worn tyres slip on wet roads. In science, the grooves (tread) on tyres give grip by increasing friction. Phrases: flat tyre, spare tyre, pump up a tyre, tyre pressure.

### Examples

- My bike has a flat tyre. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tyre/#x1)
- Dad changed the car tyre at the side of the road. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tyre/#x2)
- Pump up your tyres before you ride. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tyre/#x3)
- Tyres grip the road because of friction. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tyre/#x4)
- The spare tyre is in the boot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tyre/#x5)
- Old tyres can be made into swings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tyre/#x6)
- Bumpy tyres help mountain bikes on mud. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tyre/#x7)
- We heard the tyres screech. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tyre/#x8)

### Note

British, Irish, Australian and NZ spelling: tyre; American and Canadian spelling: tire. Do not confuse with the verb tire (to get tired), which is spelled tire everywhere. The wheel is the round frame; the tyre is the rubber part around it.

## In Jewish tradition

Tyre was a rich Phoenician port city on the coast north of Israel. Its king Hiram helped David and Solomon build, and the prophets later warned Tyre about its pride and wealth.

**Interpretation.** The prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel declared that Tyre's pride and trading wealth would fall. Tradition reads this as a lesson that riches and power do not last without justice.

### Examples

- And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre. (Prophets 1KI.7.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tyre/#x1)
- Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre; (Writings PSA.83.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tyre/#x2)
- 'And thou, son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre, (Prophets EZK.27.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tyre/#x3)

### Note

British, Irish, Australian and NZ spelling: tyre; American and Canadian spelling: tire. Do not confuse with the verb tire (to get tired), which is spelled tire everywhere. The wheel is the round frame; the tyre is the rubber part around it.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «tyre» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tyre/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«tyre» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tyre.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «tyre» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tyre/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«tyre» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/tyre.html) on Mova free.