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Fatigue Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Fatigue? [n] labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on); "the soldiers were put on fatigue to teach them a lesson"; "they were assigned to kitchen fatigues" [n] (always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure; "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" [n] 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" [n] (of materials (especially metals)) the state of being weakened by long stress; "metal fatigue" [v] exhaust or tire though overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike" [v] get tired of something or somebody Synonyms \| Synonyms for Fatigue: fag \| fag out \| fatigue duty \| jade \| outwear \| tire \| tire out \| tiredness \| wear \| wear down \| wear out \| wear upon \| weariness \| weary Related Terms \| Find terms related to Fatigue: abatement \| abscess \| acedia \| adynamia \| ague \| anemia \| ankylosis \| annoy \| anoxia \| apathy \| apnea \| asphyxiation \| asthma \| ataxia \| atony \| atrophy \| attenuation \| attrition \| backache \| be infinitely repetitive \| be tedious \| beat \| blah feeling \| bleeding \| blennorhea \| bloodlessness \| blow \| blunting \| boredom \| bother \| break down \| burn out \| cachexia \| cachexy \| chill \| chills \| colic \| collapse \| constipation \| convulsion \| coughing \| cowardice \| crack up \| cyanosis \| damping \| deadening \| debilitate \| debilitation \| debility \| deplete \| devitalization \| diarrhea \| dilution \| dirty work \| disable \| dizziness \| do in \| do up \| donkeywork \| drag on \| drain \| droop \| drop \| dropsy \| drowsiness \| drudgery \| dulling \| dullness \| dysentery \| dyspepsia \| dyspnea \| edema \| effemination \| emaciation \| employment \| enervate \| enervation \| enfeeblement \| ennui \| etiolation \| evisceration \| exhaust \| exhaustion \| extenuation \| fag \| fag out \| faint \| fainting \| faintness \| feebleness \| fever \| fibrillation \| flabbiness \| flaccidity \| flag \| flux \| frazzle \| gasp \| get tired \| give out \| glut \| go on forever \| grind \| grow weary \| growth \| handiwork \| handwork \| harass \| heaviness \| hebetude \| hemorrhage \| high blood pressure \| hydrops \| hypertension \| hypotension \| icterus \| impotence \| inanimation \| inanition \| indifference \| indigestion \| industry \| inflammation \| insomnia \| irk \| itching \| jade \| jadedness \| jaundice \| knock out \| knock up \| labor \| labored breathing \| lackadaisicalness \| languidness \| languishment \| languor \| languorousness \| lassitude \| lenitude \| lentor \| lethargy \| lick \| lick of work \| lifelessness \| listlessness \| low blood pressure \| lumbago \| manual labor \| marasmus \| mitigation \| moil \| nasal discharge \| nausea \| necrosis \| oscitancy \| overfatigue \| overstrain \| overtire \| overweary \| pain \| pall \| pant \| paralysis \| passivity \| peter out \| phlegm \| play out \| poop \| poop out \| prostrate \| prostration \| pruritus \| puff \| puff and blow \| rash \| rat race \| reduction \| relaxation \| rheum \| run down \| run out \| satedness \| satiate \| sclerosis \| scut work \| seizure \| shock \| sink \| skin eruption \| slackening \| slavery \| sleepiness \| sloth \| slothfulness \| slowness \| sluggishness \| sneezing \| softening \| softness \| somnolence \| sore \| spadework \| spasm \| strengthlessness \| stroke \| stroke of work \| stupefaction \| stupor \| succumb \| supineness \| sweat \| tabes \| tachycardia \| task \| thinning \| tire \| tire out \| tire to death \| tiredness \| tiresome work \| toil \| torpidity \| torpidness \| torpitude \| torpor \| travail \| treadmill \| tucker \| tumor \| upset stomach \| use up \| vertigo \| vex \| vomiting \| wasting \| weaken \| weakening \| weakliness \| weakness \| wear \| wear down \| wear on \| wear out \| weariness \| weary \| wheeze \| wilt \| wind \| work \| world-weariness See Also \| assignment \| asthenopia \| beat \| boredom \| conk out \| degenerate \| deteriorate \| drop \| duty assignment \| ennui \| exhaust \| exhaustion \| eyestrain \| failing \| fatigue \| grogginess \| indispose \| jet lag \| logginess \| loginess \| overfatigue \| overtire \| overweary \| pall \| peter out \| poop out \| retire \| run down \| run out \| tedium \| temporary state \| tucker \| tucker out \| wash up \| weakness \| withdraw Fatigue In Webster's Dictionary \Fatigue"\, n. [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. \Fatigue"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fatigued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fatiguing}, n.] [Cf. F. fatiguer. See {Fatigue}, n.] 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}.

Fatigue Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fatigue?

[n] labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on); "the soldiers were put on fatigue to teach them a lesson"; "they were assigned to kitchen fatigues"
[n] (always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure; "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"
[n] 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"
[n] (of materials (especially metals)) the state of being weakened by long stress; "metal fatigue"
[v] exhaust or tire though overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike"
[v] get tired of something or somebody

Fatigue In Webster's Dictionary

\Fa*tigue"\, n. [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.] [Cf. F. fatiguer. See {Fatigue}, n.]
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}.

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