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retread
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun retread has 1 sense
- retread(n = noun.artifact) recap - a used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads; Array is a kind of auto tire, automobile tire, car tire, rubber tire
Derived form verb retread2
Verb retread has 2 senses
- retread(v = verb.creation) make over, rework - use again in altered form; "retread an old plot" is one way to process, work, work on
- retread(v = verb.change) remold, remould - give new treads to (a tire); Array is one way to regenerate, renew
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Derived form noun retread1
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
retread, v. & n.
--v.tr. (past retrod; past part. retrodden)
1 tread (a path etc.) again.
2 put a fresh tread on (a tyre).
--n. a retreaded tyre.
--v.tr. (past retrod; past part. retrodden)
1 tread (a path etc.) again.
2 put a fresh tread on (a tyre).
--n. a retreaded tyre.
THESAURUS
retread
balloon tire, belted bias tire, belted radial tire, bias tire, cobble, commission, condition, darn, do up, doctor, face-lift, felly, fix, fix up, furbishment, mend, nonskid tire, overhaul, patch, patch up, pneumatic tire, put in commission, put in order, put in repair, put in shape, radial tire, ready, recap, recondition, reconditioning, refreshment, refurbishment, renewal, renovation, repair, retreaded tire, retreading, rim, safety tire, service, set to rights, sew up, slum clearance, snow tire, studded tire, tinker, tinker up, tire, tubeless tire, urban renewal, white sidewall tire, winter tire
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