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retreaded

  • past participle
    of retread.
    retread
    verb (used with object)
    to put a new tread on (a worn pneumatic tire casing) either by recapping or by cutting fresh treads in the smooth surface.
  • past tense form
    of retread.
    retread
    verb (used with object)
    to put a new tread on (a worn pneumatic tire casing) either by recapping or by cutting fresh treads in the smooth surface.

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On the play, Beaty rounded third base aggressively and quickly retreaded back to the base — but after he appeared to make contact with third-base coach Vance Wilson.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 15, 2023

Vehicle owners can decide whether to have their used tyres repaired or regrooved or whether to buy new or retreaded replacements — if such services exist.

From Nature ● Mar. 22, 2016

In that new circumstance, leftovers don’t feel retreaded, but reframed.

From Slate ● Mar. 20, 2016

The seasonal offerings are both weird and familiar—the old and new mixed up, remixed, retreaded, mostly dreaded.

From Forbes ● Dec. 22, 2014

The front off-side Dunlop tire had been blown out of the rim, the cause being that it was a "retreaded" tire which had stretched until it was no longer held in its place.

From Through East Anglia in a Motor Car by J. E. (James Edmund) Vincent