Tire is underlined
which meaning from the dictionary best matches the underlined word as it is used in the paragraph?
when mom was driving me to my dentist appointment we heard a high-pitched squeal. then there was a clunking sound, and the car lurched to one side. mom thought we'd punctured a (tire) but it turned out to be more severe than that. a policeman stopped, lights flashing, and soon a tow truck arrived to haul us to our local mechanic. it was much more interesting than having my cavity fixed.
read the dictionary entries.
tire (tiy ur)
verb
1. to make weary
2. to bore
noun
3. a rubber cushion of air around a wheel
4. a metal band of tread on a wagon wheel

a.
1. to make weary

b.
2. to bore

c.
3. a rubber cushion of air around a wheel

d.
4. a metal band of tread on a wagon wheel

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Julius caesar. [brutus.] with this, she fell distraught, and, her attendants absent, swallowed fire. cassius. and died so? brutus. even so. cassius. o ye immortal gods! [enter lucius, with wine and taper] brutus. speak no more of her. give me a bowl of wine. in this i bury all unkindness, cassius. cassius. my heart is thirsty for that noble pledge. fill, lucius, till the wine o'erswell the cup; i cannot drink too much of brutus' love. [exit lucius. enter titinius, with messala] brutus. come in, titinius; welcome, good messala. now sit we close about this taper here, and call in question our necessities. cassius. portia, art thou gone? brutus. no more, i pray you. what moral dilemma does brutus confront in this excerpt? brutus lets go of his anger toward cassius and forgives him. brutus decides that he will not mourn portia and will stay loyal to cassius. brutus decides that he is too angry at cassius to remain friends with him. brutus questions whether cassius's life should be ended.