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fatigue
/fəˈtiɡ/
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What does fatigue mean?
noun
- A weariness caused by exertion; exhaustion.
- A menial task or tasks, especially in the military.
- Weakening and eventual failure of material, typically by cracking leading to complete separation, caused by repeated application of mechanical stress to the material.
More meanings (6)
noun
- Attributive form of fatigues (“military clothing worn when doing menial tasks”).
verb
- To tire or make weary by physical or mental exertion.
- To wilt a salad by dressing or tossing it.
- 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.
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IPA pronunciation
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At any rate no waterway was in sight, and the entire party was almost ready to drop from hunger, thirst and fatigue.
In the morning his kind physician found him entirely free from feverish symptoms, and fit to undergo the fatigue of a journey.
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She reeled just then, giddy with fatigue, and down came the lash and flicked a flake of skin from her naked shoulder.
After the fatigue of the party, it was useless to expect her and the Angel today, and God save them from coming!
The process of puddling occupies about an hour's violent labour, and only robust young men can stand the fatigue and violent heat.