Retread

//ɹiːˈtɹɛd// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A used tire whose surface, the tread, has been replaced to extend its life and use.
  2. 2
    A return over ground previously covered; a retraversal or repetition. figuratively, sometimes

    "But The West Side Waltz is otherwise a tedious retread of Mr. Thompson's previous effort, On Golden Pond."

  3. 3
    a used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads wordnet
  4. 4
    A person who re-entered military service in World War II after serving in World War I. slang

    "In Our War the Retreads usually slinked in over-aged, over-weight and overcautious in the face of a new generation."

Verb
  1. 1
    To replace the traction-providing surface of a vehicle that employs tires, tracks or treads.
  2. 2
    To tread again, to walk along again, to follow a path again. transitive

    "As a child I had not been content with the results promised by the modern professors of natural science. With a confusion of ideas only to be accounted for by my extreme youth and my want of a guide on such matters, I had retrod the steps of knowledge along the paths of time and exchanged the discoveries of recent inquirers for the dreams of forgotten alchemists. Besides, I had a contempt for the uses of modern natural philosophy."

  3. 3
    give new treads to (a tire) wordnet
  4. 4
    To renew the tread of a tyre, providing a cheaper alternative to buying a new tyre, but potentially introducing a risk of premature failure if performed improperly. UK

    "There was no evidence to suggest that the fact that both tyres had been retreaded 3 times was a factor in the failure occurrence. This type of aircraft tyre (Type VII) is routinely retreaded 6 times or more before being taken out of service."

  5. 5
    use again in altered form wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From re- + tread (“grooves carved into the face of a tire”, noun).

Etymology 2

From re- + tread (“grooves carved into the face of a tire”, noun).

Etymology 3

From re- + tread (verb).

Etymology 4

From re- + tread (verb).

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