Significations et usages de tire

tirer (v.)

drag, draw off, fire, gun, puff, shoot, tug, draw, tow, draw along, tow away, pull, border on, approach, blitz, fire at, shoot at, fire off, shoot off, open fire, open fire on, discharge, let off, blast, play, force, take out, pull out, get out, reap, pull back, trail, train, extrapolate from, infer from, deduce from, deduce, infer, deduct, derive, extract, educe, evoke, elicit, draw out, pluck, gain, pip, imprint, impress, print off, print out, print, overprint, print over, run off, hit, go off

tirer (v.) (V+comp)

draw, tug

tirer (v.) (didactique)

tap

tiré (adj.)

drawn

tiré (n.)

drawee

tiré (n.) (commerce)

drawee  (trade)

tire (n.) (argotique)

automobile, auto, car, motorcar, runabout, machine, banger, crock, rattletrap, jalopy, motor car

bon à tirer (n.)

final proof, flat coat, ground, page proof, pan proof, press proof, primer, primer coat, priming, priming coat, undercoat

s'en tirer (v.)

contend, cope, deal, get along, get by, grapple, make do, make out, make shift, manage

tirer à bon compte (v.) (s'en V)

come off well, escape by the skin of one's teeth, escape narrowly, have a lucky escape, have a narrow escape

tirer à sa fin (v.) (V)

come to an end

tirer au flanc (v.)

malinger, skive, skulk

tirer au sort (v.)

cast lots, choose by lot, draw lots, raffle, raffle off

tirer au sort (v.) (V+comp;vieux)

cast lots, choose by lot, draw/cast lots, draw lots, raffle, raffle off

tirer avantage (v.)

capitalise on  (British), cash in on, take advantage of

tirer (avec effort) (v.)

heave

tirer avec effort (v.)

tug

tirer bénéfice (v.) (V+de+comp)

capitalise on  (British), cash in on, take advantage of

tirer d'affaire

bail out

tirer d'affaire (v.) (se+V)

pull through

tirer d'un coup sec (v.)

jerk, twitch, yank

tirer du sommeil (v.) (V+qqn)

jolt awake

tirer la chasse d'eau (v.)

flush  (ellipsis), flush the lavatory, flush the toilet

tirer la jambe (v.)

gimp, hitch, hobble, limp

tirer la langue (v.)

stick one's tongue out

tirer la langue (v.) (V;figuré)

stick out one's tongue

tirer la langue (v.) (V;V+à+qqn)

stick out one's tongue

tirer les ficelles

pull the strings

tirer les vers du nez (v.)

pump

tirer profit (v.) (V+de+comp)

capitalise on  (British), cash in on, take advantage of

tirer profit de (v.)

benefit, capitalise on  (British), cash in on, gain, profit, take advantage of, turn a profit

tirer sa crampe (v.) (V;argotique)

copulate  (literary;man), fornicate

tirer sa révérence (v.)

back down, back off, bow out, chicken out, pull out, withdraw

tirer son chapeau

take one's hat off to

tirer son coup (v.) (V;argotique)

copulate  (literary;man), fornicate

tirer un bénéfice (v.) (V+de+comp)

benefit by, find benefit in

tirer un bock (v.) (V;argotique)

go for a leak  (informal), make, make water, micturate, pass water  (literary), pee  (colloquial), pee-pee, piddle, piss  (coarse), puddle, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak  (informal), urinate, wee, wee-wee

tirer un bon parti (v.) (V+de+comp;V+de+comp--pour comp)

capitalise on  (British), capitalize on, make a profit out of, put to account, put to good account, take advantage of, turn to account, turn to advantage, turn to good account

tirer un coup (v.) (V;V+avec+qqn (distributif);V (distributif : ils V = il V avec l'autre);argotique)

copulate  (literary;man), fornicate

tirer un demi (v.) (V;argotique)

go for a leak  (informal), make, make water, micturate, pass water  (literary), pee  (colloquial), pee-pee, piddle, piss  (coarse), puddle, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak  (informal), urinate, wee, wee-wee

tirer un profit (v.) (V+de+comp)

leverage, profit by, profit from, utilise  (British), utilize

tirer une épreuve (v.)

print, publish

tirer vivement (v.)

flip, twitch

queue en tire-bouchon (n.)

curly tail

tiré à part (n.)

offprint, off print, off-print, reprint, separate, separate reprint, special impression

tiré-à-part (n.)

offprint, off print, off-print, reprint, separate, separate reprint, special impression

tire au flanc (n.) (familier)

shirker, skiver  (informal), slacker

tire-au-flanc (n.)

malingerer, shammer, shirker, simulator, skulker, slacker

tire-au-flanc (n.) (familier)

shirker, skiver  (informal), slacker

tire-bouchon (n.)

bottle screw, corkscrew

tire-bouchon (n.) (figuré)

corkscrew curl

tire-bouchonner (v.)

be doubled up, crease up, have a good laugh, kill oneself, laugh, split one's sides laughing  (informal)

tire-clou (n.) (technique)

nail puller

tiré d'affaire

off the hook

tire-fond (n.)

coach screw, hexagon head wood screw, lag bolt, lag screw, sleeper screw, square head wood screw

tire-jus (n.) (populaire;informel)

handkerchief, hankey, hankie  (colloquial), hanky  (colloquial), nose-wipe  (informal), snot-rag  (colloquial)

tire-lait (n.)

breast pump

tire-lire (n.)

moneybox, piggy bank

tiré par les cheveux (adj.)

far-fetched, outside, remote

tire-sous (n.)

money-grubber, niggard

tire-veine (n.) (JO)

stripper

vol à la tire (n.)

pickpocketing

voleur à la tire (n.)

cutpurse  (old), dip, pickpocket