Definitions for retread

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retread re·tread

Spelling: [verb ree-tred; noun ree-tred]

IPA: /verb riˈtrɛd; noun ˈriˌtrɛd/

Retread is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 116 anagrams from letters in retread (adeerrt).

Definitions for retread

noun

1. a tire that has been retreaded.
2. Slang. a person returned to active work after retirement, dismissal, etc.
3. a person retrained for a new or more modern job or task.
4. Informal. a repeating, reviving, or reworking of an old or familiar idea, presentation, story, etc., especially when unimaginative or hackneyed; rehash:
5. Slang. a person representing older or previous times, ideas, policies, etc., especially when they are deemed passé or tiresome.

verb (used with object)

1. to put a new tread on (a worn pneumatic tire casing) either by recapping or by cutting fresh treads in the smooth surface.
2. to repeat or do over, especially without the boldness or inventiveness of the original.

verb (used with or without object)

1. to tread again.

Origin of retread

First recorded in 1885-90; re- + tread

Examples for retread

McKenzie was getting old, he wanted a retread, and wanted it badly.

The line was a retread from his speech in 2008, where he used an almost identical opener.

Nor is his often-riveting new memoir an exercise in nostalgia, apologia, or retread rhetoric.

There had been a chilly look about Walter Rinehart's eyes before his first retread.

Instead he mocked them and rehashed old ideas with retread rhetoric.

On examination we found that there was no outlet practicable for us in this channel, and that we must retread our steps.

Well, would you walk into the Center for a retread now without being sure he's wrong?

He turned, as these thoughts passed through his mind, and began hastily to retread his footsteps towards the castle.

I was not insensible that my path became more intricate and more difficult to retread in proportion as I advanced.