retread

/ɹiːˈtɹɛd/ · noun

Meaning

A used tire whose surface, the tread, has been replaced to extend its life and use.
A person who re-entered military service in World War Two after serving in World War One.
To replace the traction-providing surface of a vehicle that employs tires, tracks or treads.
To renew the tread of a tyre, providing a cheap, and possibly dangerous, product.
(sometimes figurative) A return over ground previously covered; a retraversal or repetition.
To tread again, to walk along again, to follow a path again.

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