fatigue
fatigue is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 38 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.The cause of weariness; labor; toil; as, the fatigues of war. Dryden.
- 2.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.
- 3.To weary with labor or any bodily or mental exertion; to harass with toil; to exhaust the strength or endurance of; to tire. See Jade.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- basta
- blase
- bore
- child
- cloy
- cloyment
- enough
- fill
- glut
- good
- gorge
- have
- heartsick
- hold
- jam
- much
- pall
- quench
- quite
- repletion
- sate
- satiate
- satiation
- satiety
- satisfaction
- satisfy
- saturate
- saturation
- sick
- slake
- spoil
- surfeit
- terrible
- thing
- tire
- too
- weariness
- weary
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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