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# weary

«weary» in Mova's school dictionary: **very tired, especially after a lot of work or a long journey** — 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

adjective (weary, wearier, weariest); verb (weary, wearies, wearied, wearying)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Weary means very tired, especially after a lot of work or a long journey. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weary/#m1)

2) Weary of something means bored or fed up with it after too much of it: «weary of the rain». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weary/#m2)

3) To weary (verb) means to make or become tired: «The long walk wearied us.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weary/#m3)

4) (Bible) In the Bible, Jesus says, «Come to me, all you who are weary,» offering rest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weary/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, weary travellers, soldiers and heroes rest after long journeys; the word gives a slow, tired feeling. In church, the Bible verse «Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest» (Matthew 11:28) is often read. Phrases: «weary of», «a weary sigh», «bone-weary», «world-weary».

### examples

- After the long hike, we were weary and hungry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weary/#x1)
- The weary travellers stopped at the inn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weary/#x2)
- I'm weary of eating the same lunch every day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weary/#x3)
- She gave a weary sigh and sat down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weary/#x4)
- Mum looked weary after her night shift. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weary/#x5)
- (Bible) «Come to me, all you who are weary,» Jesus said. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weary/#x6)
- The long speech wearied the audience. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weary/#x7)
- It was weary work for Kotick. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weary/#x8)

### note

Say «WEER-ee» (rhymes with «cheery»). Do not confuse with «wary» (careful, watchful: WAIR-ee) or «worry». Comparative: wearier, weariest. Adverb: wearily. Noun: weariness.

### In the corpora

- [The third swallow tried «stopping on» one year: «O the weary length of the nights!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/57-willows-ch9-part2-the-swallows/13/)
- [And Rebekah said to Isaac: 'I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.824/)
- [And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary; and he refreshed himself there.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.471/)
- [Your new moons and your appointed seasons My soul hateth; they are a burden unto Me; I am weary to bear them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.14/)
- [Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.871/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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