RETREAD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does retread mean? 

• RETREAD (noun)
  The noun RETREAD has 1 sense:

1. a used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads

  Familiarity information: RETREAD used as a noun is very rare.

• RETREAD (verb)
  The verb RETREAD has 2 senses:

1. use again in altered form

2. give new treads to (a tire)

  Familiarity information: RETREAD used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RETREAD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

recap; retread

Hypernyms ("retread" is a kind of...):

auto tire; automobile tire; car tire; rubber tire (a tire consisting of a rubber ring around the rim of an automobile wheel)

Derivation:

retread (give new treads to (a tire))

• RETREAD (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they retread    ... he / she / it retreads   
Past simple: retreaded   
Past participle: retreaded   
-ing form: retreading   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Use again in altered form

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

make over; retread; rework

Context example:

retread an old plot

Hypernyms (to "retread" is one way to...):

process; work; work on (shape, form, or improve a material)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Give new treads to (a tire)

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

remold; remould; retread

Hypernyms (to "retread" is one way to...):

regenerate; renew (reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

retread (a used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads)