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Meaning of retread

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

retread

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noun

Definitions

  1. A used tire whose surface, the tread, has been replaced to extend its life and use.

  2. A person who re-entered military service in World War Two after serving in World War One.

verb

Definitions

  1. To replace the traction-providing surface of a vehicle that employs tires, tracks or treads.

  2. To renew the tread of a tyre, providing a cheap, and possibly dangerous, product.

retread

Pronunciation:/ɹiːˈtɹɛd/

noun

Definitions

  1. (sometimes figurative) A return over ground previously covered; a retraversal or repetition.

verb

Definitions

  1. To tread again, to walk along again, to follow a path again.