FATIGUE

fatigue

(noun) (always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something; “he was suffering from museum fatigue”; “after watching TV with her husband she had a bad case of football fatigue”; “the American public is experiencing scandal fatigue”; “political fatigue”

fatigue, weariness, tiredness

(noun) temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work; “he was hospitalized for extreme fatigue”; “growing fatigue was apparent from the decline in the execution of their athletic skills”; “weariness overcame her after twelve hours and she fell asleep”

fatigue

(noun) used of materials (especially metals) in a weakened state caused by long stress; “metal fatigue”

tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue

(verb) exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; “We wore ourselves out on this hike”

tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jade

(verb) lose interest or become bored with something or somebody; “I’m so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

fatigue (countable and uncountable, plural fatigues)

A weariness caused by exertion; exhaustion.

(often in the plural) A menial task or tasks, especially in the military.

(engineering) Material failure, such as cracking or separation, caused by stress on the material.

Synonyms

• fatigue

Verb

fatigue (third-person singular simple present fatigues, present participle fatiguing, simple past and past participle fatigued)

(transitive) to tire or make weary by physical or mental exertion

(transitive, culinary) to wilt a salad by dressing or tossing it

(intransitive) to lose so much strength or energy that one becomes tired, weary, feeble or exhausted

(intransitive, engineering, of a material specimen) to undergo the process of fatigue; to fail as a result of fatigue.

Source: Wiktionary

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Fa*tigue", n. Etym: [F., fr. fatiguer to fatigue, L. fatigare; cf. L. affatim sufficiently.]

1. Weariness from bodily labor or mental exertion; lassitude or exhaustion of strength.

2. The cause of weariness; labor; toil; as, the fatigues of war. Dryden.

3. The weakening of a metal when subjected to repeated vibrations or strains. Fatigue call (Mil.), a summons, by bugle or drum, to perform fatigue duties.

– Fatigue dress, the working dress of soldiers.

– Fatigue duty (Mil.), labor exacted from soldiers aside from the use of arms. Farrow.

– Fatigue party, a party of soldiers on fatigue duty.

Fa*tigue", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fatigued; p. pr. & vb. n. Fatiguing, n.] Etym: [Cf. F. fatiguer. See Fatigue, n.]

Definition: To weary with labor or any bodily or mental exertion; to harass with toil; to exhaust the strength or endurance of; to tire.

Syn.

– To jade; tire; weary; bore. See Jade.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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