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Meaning of fatigue

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  fatigue
      n 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" [syn:
           {fatigue}, {weariness}, {tiredness}]
      2: used of materials (especially metals) in a weakened state
         caused by long stress; "metal fatigue"
      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"
      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" [syn: {fatigue duty}, {fatigue}]
      v 1: lose interest or become bored with something or somebody;
           "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my
           food" [syn: {tire}, {pall}, {weary}, {fatigue}, {jade}]
      2: exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or
         stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike" [syn: {tire},
         {wear upon}, {tire out}, {wear}, {weary}, {jade}, {wear out},
         {outwear}, {wear down}, {fag out}, {fag}, {fatigue}] [ant:
         {freshen}, {refresh}, {refreshen}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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