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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