fatigues
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fatigues
n. military uniform worn during fatigue duty, soldier's uniform worn while performing tasks that are not specifically related to the military (such as civil works projects, etc.)
 
fatigue
v. tire out, exhaust, drain, weaken

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Fatigues
Fatigues and similar may mean:

Clothing
  • Nowadays, usually a synonym of battledress.
  • Formerly, work clothes (e.g. boilersuits) worn by soldiers to avoid getting their uniforms dirty in non-combat manual work
  • Camouflage-patterned clothing found in civilian fashions

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fatigues

Noun
1. military uniform worn by military personnel when doing menial labor
(hypernym) military uniform
(classification) military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine

 
fatigue

Noun
1. 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"
(synonym) weariness, tiredness
(hypernym) temporary state
(hyponym) eyestrain, asthenopia
(derivation) tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag
2. used of materials (especially metals) in a weakened state caused by long stress; "metal fatigue"
(hypernym) failing, weakness
3. (always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something; "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"
(hypernym) boredom, ennui, tedium
(derivation) tire, pall, weary, jade
4. 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"
(synonym) fatigue duty
(hypernym) assignment, duty assignment
(classification) military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine

Verb
1. get tired of something or somebody
(synonym) tire, pall, weary, jade
(hypernym) devolve, deteriorate, drop, degenerate
(hyponym) poop out, peter out, run down, run out, conk out
2. exhaust or tire through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike"
(synonym) tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag
(hypernym) indispose
(hyponym) exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out
(cause) tire, pall, weary, jade
(derivation) weariness, tiredness


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fatigue
nf. tiredness, exhaustion, overstrain, weariness; fatigue, exertion; failure, strain
 
fatiguer
v. tire, wear out; fatigue, stress
 
fatigué
adj. tired, weary, overworked; exhaustive, worn, beaten; bloodless, heavy; peaky, on one's last legs

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fatigar
v. tire, weary, fatigue; distress


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