Meaning

A weariness caused by exertion; exhaustion..

Definitions by Sense

1. A weariness caused by exertion; exhaustion.
2. (often in the plural) A menial task or tasks, especially in the military.
3. (engineering) Weakening and eventual failure of material, typically by cracking leading to complete separation, caused by repeated application of mechanical stress to the material.
4. (US) Attributive form of fatigues (“military clothing worn when doing menial tasks”).
5. (transitive) To tire or make weary by physical or mental exertion.
6. (transitive, cooking) To wilt a salad by dressing or tossing it.
7. (intransitive) To lose so much strength or energy that one becomes tired, weary, feeble or exhausted.
8. (intransitive, engineering, of a material specimen) To undergo the process of fatigue; to fail as a result of fatigue.

Example Sentences

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.

For some, the constant deluge that has peaked in the past year is starting to add up to a new (and previously unthinkable) feeling: Taylor Swift fatigue.

We found that a comprehensive fatigue management program can reduce fatigue-related crash risk and improve safety by, for example, educating drivers; had Triton had such a program, the driver may not have been operating the truck while fatigued.

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.

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.

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.

Word Forms

• fatigues
• fatiguing
• fatigued

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