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Definition of Retread
1. Verb. Use again in altered form. "Retread an old plot"
2. Noun. A used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads.
3. Verb. Give new treads to (a tire).
Definition of Retread
1. v. t. & i. To tread again.
Definition of Retread
1. Verb. To replace the traction-providing surface of a vehicle that employs tires, tracks or treads. ¹
2. Noun. A used tire whose surface, the tread, has been replaced to extend its life and use. ¹
3. Noun. (military slang) a person who re-entered military service in World War Two after serving in World War One. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) to tread again, to walk along again, to follow a path again. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Retread
1. to furnish with a new tread [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Retread
Literary usage of Retread
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pneumatic Tires, Automobile, Truck, Airplane, Motorcycle, Bicycle: An by Henry Clemens Pearson (1922)
"retread MOLDS FOR RIBBED OB NON-SKID TREADS A retread mold for curing one casing
at a time, especially where a ribbed tread is desired, stands at convenient ..."
2. Journal of the Indian Roads Congress by Indian Roads Congress (1792)
"New 40000 retread 1 22000 retread II . 20000 (L,) retread III 18000 (Ls) retread IV
... New to retread I ... 80 % ie (ATj = 0.8) retread I to retread II . ..."
3. Tire Repairing and Vulcanizing by Henry Horace Tufford (1918)
"THE retread KETTLE: For repair shops two types are in use. ... THE retread MOULD:
Similar to the sectional mould, except that it is made in one-third circle ..."
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