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# tyre

«tyre» in Mova's school dictionary: **a thick rubber ring, usually filled with air, that fits…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a tyre, tyres); American: tire

### meaning for a pupil

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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tyre/#m1)

2) A flat tyre is one with no air in it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tyre/#m2)

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

- [Squashed air pushes back hard, which is how bike tyres and footballs work.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/4-solids-liquids-and-gases/8/)
- [A hard-topped metal car protects you because its metal body carries the lightning around you; the rubber tyres do not.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/15-weather-signs/16/)
- [Rubber tyres are not what makes a car safe in lightning.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety/14/)
- [Kicking a tyre is anger at a thing, not at a person, but it still feels scary to see.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days/24/)
- [Seeing a parent lose their temper, even at a thing like a tyre, can be frightening.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days/35/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «tyre» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tyre/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.