retread
🇺🇸
/ˈriːtred/
🇬🇧
/ˈriːtred/
noun
R
something that repeats ideas from before
This movie is just a retread of older films.
R
a tire with a new outer layer
My car needed new tires, so I got retreads.
verb
R
to go back over the same path
We retread the same route to find the lost item.
R
to remake something in a less interesting way
The director retread the old story with new actors.
R
to put a new outer layer on a tire
The mechanic retread my old tire.
translation
something that repeats ideas from before; a tire with a new outer layer
to go back over the same path; to remake something in a less interesting way; to put a new outer layer on a tire
Word Forms
3rd Present
retreads
Progressive
retreading
Past
retrod
Plural
retreads
Perfect
retrodden