The difference between Knock up and Tire
When used as verbs, knock up means to put together, fabricate, or assemble, particularly if done hastily or temporarily. see also , whereas tire means to become sleepy or weary.
Tire is also noun with the meaning: accoutrements, accessories.
check bellow for the other definitions of Knock up and Tire
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Knock up as a verb (colloquial):
To put together, fabricate, or assemble, particularly if done hastily or temporarily. See also .
Examples:
"I'll just knock up a quick demo for the sales presentation."
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Knock up as a verb (British):
To awaken (someone) as by knocking at the door; rouse; call; summon; also, to go door-to-door on election day to persuade a candidate's supporters to go to the polling station and vote. See also .
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Knock up as a verb (dated):
To exhaust; wear out; tire out; to fatigue until unable to do more.
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Knock up as a verb (dated, intransitive):
To become exhausted or worn out; to fail of strength; to become wearied, as with labor; to give out.
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Knock up as a verb (slang):
To impregnate, especially out of wedlock. See knocked up.
Examples:
"I guess his summer plans are shot now that he knocked his girlfriend up."
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Knock up as a verb (racket sports, intransitive):
To gently hit the ball back and forth before a tennis match, as practice or warm-up, and to gauge the state of the playing surface, lighting, etc. See knock-up.
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Knock up as a verb (bookbinding):
To make even at the edges, or to shape into book form.
Examples:
"to knock up printed sheets"
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Tire as a verb (intransitive):
To become sleepy or weary.
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Tire as a verb (transitive):
To make sleepy or weary.
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Tire as a verb (intransitive):
To become bored or impatient (with)
Examples:
"I tire of this book."
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Tire as a verb (transitive):
To bore
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Tire as a noun (obsolete):
Accoutrements, accessories.
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Tire as a noun (obsolete):
Dress, clothes, attire.
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Tire as a noun:
A covering for the head; a headdress.
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Tire as a noun:
Metal rim of a wheel, especially that of a railroad locomotive.
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Tire as a noun (North America):
The rubber covering on a wheel; a tyre.
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Tire as a noun:
A child's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore. Also .
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Tire as a verb (transitive, obsolete):
To dress or adorn.
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Tire as a verb (obsolete):
To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does.
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Tire as a verb (obsolete):
To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything.
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Tire as a noun:
A tier, row, or rank.