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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads;
[syn: retread, recap]


VERB (2)

1. use again in altered form;
- Example: "retread an old plot"
[syn: rework, make over, retread]

2. give new treads to (a tire);
[syn: retread, remold, remould]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Retread \Re*tread"\, v. t. & i.
   To tread again.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

retread
    n 1: a used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it
         new treads [syn: retread, recap]
    v 1: use again in altered form; "retread an old plot" [syn:
         rework, make over, retread]
    2: give new treads to (a tire) [syn: retread, remold,
       remould]