Retread Definition

rē-trĕd
retreads
verb
retreads
To fit (a worn automotive tire) with a new tread.
American Heritage

Recap.

Webster's New World
To make or do over again, especially with minimal revision; rehash.
Retreading a familiar story line.
American Heritage

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

Wiktionary

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

Wiktionary
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noun
retreads

Recap.

Webster's New World
A tire that has been fitted with a new tread.
American Heritage
A revision or reworking; a remake or rehash.
A trite retread of an old musical.
American Heritage
A person who is called back or returns to service, esp. military service.
Webster's New World
A person who has been retrained for work.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Retread

Noun

Singular:
retread
Plural:
retreads

Origin of Retread

  • From re- + tread (“grooves carved into the face of a tire") (noun)

    From Wiktionary

  • From re- + tread (verb)

    From Wiktionary

Retread Sentence Examples

  • But Countless Times is so much more than just a retread of familiar ground.

  • Mr. Farmer, who died at 47, was co-owner of Tire Technics, the world 's biggest tire retread firm.

  • It 's a perfectly innocent, cartoony style film although it is a simple retread of numerous other movies aimed at a younger audience.

  • Yet it isn't just a simple retread of previous territory, with only the names changed.

  • Innovation Does it do anything new, or simply retread old ground?

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Words Starting With

RRERET

Words Ending With

DADEAD

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Words Starting With R and Ending With D

Starts With R & Ends With DStarts With RE & Ends With DStarts With R & Ends With AD

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With R7 Letter Words Ending With D