Fatigue Definition

fə-tēg

fatigued, fatigues, fatiguing

noun

fatigues

Physical or mental exhaustion; weariness.

Webster's New World

The cause of this; hard work; toil.

Webster's New World

Any manual labor or menial duty, other than drill or instruction, assigned to soldiers.

Webster's New World

The decreased ability to function or the inability to respond, due to prolonged exertion or repeated stimulation.

Webster's New World

The tendency of a metal or other material to crack and fail under repeated applications of stress.

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verb

fatigued, fatigues, fatiguing

To tire out; exhaust.

American Heritage Medicine

To make or become tired or exhausted; weary.

Webster's New World

To subject to or undergo fatigue.

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Other Word Forms of Fatigue

Singular:

fatigue

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

From Wiktionary
French from Old French from fatiguer to fatigue from Latin fatīgāre

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition