retreading

re·tread (r

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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. (r

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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.

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

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

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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auto tire automobile tire car tire make over process recap regenerate Remold remould renew rework rubber tire work work on	In addition to retreading aircraft tyres, the facility will support customers in Asia Pacific by distributing new tyres made at its manufacturing site in Birmingham. Tyre firm's China deal; AIRCRAFT: Dunlop opens retreading facility by Birmingham Mail (England) The ERCO Group is a vertically integrated tire business operated out of Ecuador and includes a tire plant in Cuenca, as well as associated operations, including a rubber plantation, retreading plant, tire import businesses and various retail chains in the Andean region. Continental Tire North America (www.conti-online.com) has acquired ... by Rubber World Over the course of a couple of decades, I might be excused for retreading certain tiresome topics, especially on the rare occasion the reason is not mental sloth but the simple fact that if business is a magazine's meat, some of what it must chew is cyclical. Hard times by Kinney, David / Business North Carolina	retouch Retoucher retrace retract retractable Retractate Retractation retracted Retractible retractile retraction retractive retractor Retraict retrain retrainee retraining Retrait retral Retransform retranslate retranslation retransmit Retraxit retread retreading retreat retreatant retreated Retreatful Retreatment retrench retrenchment retrial Retribute Retributer retribution retributive retributory retried retries retrievable retrieval retrieval engine retrieve Retrievement retriever Retrim Retriment retro retro-	Retransmission Retransmission Retransmission (data networks) Retransmission of Telegrams Retransmission Request Retransmission Station Retransmission Timeout retransmission unit Retransmissions Retransmissions retransmit retransmit retransmit Retransmits Retransmits retransmitted retransmitted retransmitted Retransmitted Message Ratio retransmitting retransmitting Retraso en el Crecimiento Intrauterino Retraxit Retraxit retread retread retread retreaded retreaded retreaded retreading retreads retreads retreads retreat retreat retreat retreat Retreat Evangelization and Prayer retreat from reality Retreat from the Global retreat gun retreatant retreated retreated retreated retreated retreater retreater retreater retreater Retreatful retreating retreating retreating retreating Retreating blade stall Retreatment retreatment bond retreats retreats

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auto tire
automobile tire
car tire
make over
process
recap
regenerate
Remold
remould
renew
rework
rubber tire
work
work on

In addition to retreading aircraft tyres, the facility will support customers in Asia Pacific by distributing new tyres made at its manufacturing site in Birmingham.

Tyre firm's China deal; AIRCRAFT: Dunlop opens retreading facility by Birmingham Mail (England)

The ERCO Group is a vertically integrated tire business operated out of Ecuador and includes a tire plant in Cuenca, as well as associated operations, including a rubber plantation, retreading plant, tire import businesses and various retail chains in the Andean region.

Continental Tire North America (www.conti-online.com) has acquired ... by Rubber World

Over the course of a couple of decades, I might be excused for retreading certain tiresome topics, especially on the rare occasion the reason is not mental sloth but the simple fact that if business is a magazine's meat, some of what it must chew is cyclical.

Hard times by Kinney, David / Business North Carolina

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