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Definition of Retread
1. Noun. A used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads.
2. Verb. Use again in altered form. "Retread an old plot"
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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