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RETREAD

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads

Synonyms:

recap; retread

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("retread" is a kind of...):

auto tire; automobile tire; car tire; rubber tire (a tire consisting of a rubber ring around the rim of an automobile wheel)

Derivation:

retread (give new treads to (a tire))

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give new treads to (a tire)

Synonyms:

remold; remould; retread

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "retread" is one way to...):

regenerate; renew (reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

retread (a used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Use again in altered form

Example:

retread an old plot

Synonyms:

make over; retread; rework

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "retread" is one way to...):

process; work; work on (shape, form, or improve a material)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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