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Webster 1913 Edition

Fatigue

Fa-tigue′

,
Noun.
[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.
Syn. – To jade; tire; weary; bore. See
Jade
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Fatigue

FATIGUE

,
Noun.
fatee'g. [L. fatigo. it seems to be allied to fatisco; if so, the sense is a yielding or relaxing.]
1.
Weariness with bodily labor or mental exertion; lassitude or exhaustion of strength. We suffer fatigue of the mind as well as of the body.
2.
The cause of weariness; labor; toil; as the fatigues of war.
3.
The labors of military men, distinct from the use of arms; as a party of men on fatigue.

FATIGUE

,
Verb.
T.
fatee'g. [L. fatigo.]
1.
To tire; to weary with labor or any bodily or mental exertion; to harass with toil; to exhaust the strength by severe or long continued exertion.
2.
To weary by importunity; to harass.

Definition 2024

fatigue

fatigue

See also: fatigué

English

Noun

fatigue ‎(countable and uncountable, plural fatigues)

  1. A weariness caused by exertion; exhaustion.
    • 2012 December 29, Paul Doyle, “Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle”, in The Guardian:
      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.
  2. (often in the plural) A menial task(s), especially in the military.
  3. (engineering) Material failure, such as cracking or separation, caused by stress on the material.
    • 2013, N. Dowling, Mechanical Behaviour of Materials, page 399
      Mechanical failures due to fatigue have been the subject of engineering efforts for more than 150 years.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

Translations

Verb

fatigue ‎(third-person singular simple present fatigues, present participle fatiguing, simple past and past participle fatigued)

  1. (transitive) to tire or make weary by physical or mental exertion
  2. (intransitive) to lose so much strength or energy that one becomes tired, weary, feeble or exhausted
  3. (intransitive, engineering, of a material specimen) to undergo the process of fatigue; to fail as a result of fatigue.

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Translations

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fa.tiɡ/

Noun

fatigue f ‎(plural fatigues)

  1. fatigue, weariness

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Portuguese

Verb

fatigue

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of fatigar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of fatigar
  3. third-person singular imperative of fatigar

Spanish

Verb

fatigue

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of fatigar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of fatigar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of fatigar.

Etymology

From French fatigue, from fatiguer, from Latin fatigare ‎(“to weary, tire, vex, harass”)

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /fəˈtiːɡ/

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