RETREAD
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)
Meaning:
A used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
retread; recap
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)
• RETREAD (verb)
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
Meaning:
Give new treads to (a tire)
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
remould; retread; remold
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
