retreading

Verb (1)

retread (third-person singular simple present retreads, present participle retreading, simple past and past participle retreaded)

1. To replace the traction-providing surface of a vehicle that employs tires, tracks or treads.
2. (UK) To renew the tread of a tyre, providing a cheaper alternative to buying a new tyre, but potentially introducing a risk of premature failure if performed improperly.
   • There was no evidence to suggest that the fact that both tyres had been retreaded 3 times was a factor in the failure occurrence. This type of aircraft tyre (Type VII) is routinely retreaded 6 times or more before being taken out of service.1993 June, Presidency of Civil Aviation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, “1.12.13.6.3 Visual and Microscopic Examinations”, in McDonnell-Douglas DC-8-61, C-GMXQ, accident at King Abdulaziz...

   Synonyms:

   recap

Verb (2)

retread (third-person singular simple present retreads, present participle retreading, simple past retrod, past participle retrodden)

1. (transitive) To tread again, to walk along again, to follow a path again.
   • As a child I had not been content with the results promised by the modern professors of natural science. With a confusion of ideas only to be accounted for by my extreme youth and my want of a guide on such matters, I had retrod the steps of knowledge along the paths of time and exchanged the...1818, Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

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