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1. A used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads
   - recap

1. Use again in altered form
   "retread an old plot"
   - rework, make over
    
2. Give new treads to (a tire)
   - remold [N. Amer], remould [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: retreads, retreading, retrod, retrodden

Type of: auto tire [N. Amer], automobile tire [N. Amer], car tire [N. Amer], car tyre [Brit], process, regenerate, renew, rubber tire [N. Amer], rubber tyre [Brit], work, work on

Encyclopedia: Retread