retread

re·tread  (r-trd)

tr.v. re·tread·ed, re·tread·ing, re·treads

1. To fit (a worn automotive tire) with a new tread.

2. To make or do over again, especially with minimal revision; rehash: retreading a familiar story line.

n. (rtrd)

1. A tire that has been fitted with a new tread.

2. A revision or reworking; a remake or rehash: a trite retread of an old musical.

3. Informal A person who has been retrained for work.

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retread

vb [riːˈtrɛd] -treads, -treading, -treaded

(Engineering / Automotive Engineering) (tr) another word for remould [2]

n [ˈriːˌtrɛd]

1. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) another word for remould [3]

2. (Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) Austral & NZ informal a pensioner who has resumed employment, esp in a former profession

3. (Performing Arts) (Music / Pop Music) a film, piece of music, etc. which is a superficially altered version of an earlier original

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	retread - a used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads recap auto tire, automobile tire, car tire, rubber tire - a tire consisting of a rubber ring around the rim of an automobile wheel
Verb	1.	retread - use again in altered form; "retread an old plot" make over, rework work on, work, process - shape, form, or improve a material; "work stone into tools"; "process iron"; "work the metal"
	2.	retread - give new treads to (a tire) remould, remold regenerate, renew - reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new; "We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years"; "They renewed their membership"

Translations

retread [ˈriːtred]

A. N (= tyre) → neumático m recauchutado, llanta f recauchutada, llanta f reencauchada(LAm)

B. [ˌriːˈtred] VT [+ tyre] → recauchutar, reencauchar(CAm)

retread [riːˈtrɛd]

vt [+ tyre] → rechaper

[ˈriːtrɛd] n → pneu rechapé

retread

vt tyre → die Laufflächen erneuern von

n (= tyre) → runderneuerter Reifen

retread [ɐn ˈriːˌtrɛd; ɐvb ˌriːˈtrɛd]

1. n → gomma rigenerata

2. vt (Aut) (tyre) → rigenerare

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retread [ɐn ˈriːˌtrɛd; ɐvb ˌriːˈtrɛd]

1. n → gomma rigenerata

2. vt (Aut) (tyre) → rigenerare