fatigue
noun
- weariness
- material weakness
- range of afflictions, usually associated with physical and/or mental weakness
verb
- make weary
- become weary
- tiredness in humans
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /fəˈtiːɡ/
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin fatīgārelbor. French fatiguerdeverb. French fatiguebor. English fatigue From French fatigue, from fatiguer, from Latin fatīgāre (“to weary, tire, vex, harass”).
- A weariness caused by exertion; exhaustion.
“My husband stayed for some days with the magistrate at Cardwell, recruiting his health and recovering from his fatigues, for the passage between Cape York and Cardwell had proved the most tedious and anxious part of the voyage.”
“Alan Pardew finished by far the most frustrated man at the Emirates, blaming fatigue for the fact that Arsenal were able to kill his team off in the dying minutes.”
- A menial task or tasks, especially in the military.
“Moreover, the habits of business are the most enduring of any; and Lord Norbourne's most positive enjoyment was in what are called the fatigues of office.”
- Weakening and eventual failure of material, typically by cracking leading to complete separation, caused by repeated application of mechanical stress to the material.
“Mechanical failures due to fatigue have been the subject of engineering efforts for more than 150 years.”
“An investigation found that the rail had fragmented as trains passed over it, and that the likely cause was "rolling contact fatigue" defined as multiple surface-breaking cracks. Repeated high loading had caused fatigue cracks to grow, resulting in what is called gauge corner cracking.”
- Attributive form of fatigues (“military clothing worn when doing menial tasks”).
“He was slouched in the chair behind the duty officer’s desk, cigarette dangling from his lips, hands thrust deep into his fatigue pockets, making a display of his disrespect. The acting clerk, cowering behind his own desk, was either afraid to insist he assume a more military posture, or else didn’t care.”
“He reluctantly took the map from his camouflage fatigue pocket.”
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin fatīgārelbor. French fatiguerbor. English fatigue From French fatiguer, from Latin fatīgāre (“to weary, tire, vex, harass”).
- To tire or make weary by physical or mental exertion.
- To wilt a salad by dressing or tossing it.
“The handsome, silver-haired proprietor was absorbed in fatiguing a salad for a family party.”
- To lose so much strength or energy that one becomes tired, weary, feeble or exhausted.
- To undergo the process of fatigue; to fail as a result of fatigue.
- To cause to undergo the process of fatigue.
“The repeated pressurization cycles fatigued the airplane's metal skin until it eventually broke up in flight.”