tr.v., -tread·ed, -tread·ing, -treads.

1. To fit (a worn automotive tire) with a new tread.
2. To make or do over again, especially with minimal revision; rehash: retreading a familiar story line.

n. (rē'trĕd')

1. A tire that has been fitted with a new tread.
2. A revision or reworking; a remake or rehash: a trite retread of an old musical.
3. Informal. A person who has been retrained for work.

Has a number of uses in the military, usually referring to a person who makes a change. A person who gets out of the military and then comes back in would be referred to in this way as would someone who retrains from one MOS to another.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads
  Synonym: recap

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The verb retread has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: use again in altered form
  Synonyms: rework, make over

Meaning #2: give new treads to (a tire)
  Synonyms: remold, remould

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - give ny slidbane
n. - ny slidbane

Nederlands (Dutch)
(autobanden) van nieuw rijvlak voorzien

Français (French)
v. tr. - rechaper
n. - pneu rechapé

Deutsch (German)
n. - runderneuerter Reifen
v. - runderneuern

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αναγομωμένο ελαστικό
v. - ανεπιστρώνω, ξαναφορμάρω (λάστιχο), αναγομώνω ελαστικό

Italiano (Italian)
(pneumatico) riciclato, rinnovare (pneumatici)

Português (Portuguese)
v. - recauchutar
n. - pneumático recauchutado (m)

Русский (Russian)
восстановленный протектор, восстанавливать протектор, новая покрышка

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - recauchutar
n. - recauchutado

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - regummerat däck
v. - regummera

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
再补胎面, 翻新, 翻新的轮胎, 重新接受职业训练者

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 再補胎面, 翻新
n. - 翻新的輪胎, 重新接受職業訓練者

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 되밟아 가다, 다시 밟다
n. - 재생 타이어, 바닥을 갈아 붙이다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 新しい踏み面, 更生タイヤ, 蒸し返し
v. - 踏み面を付け直す, 再訓練する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شي مجدد, إطار مجدد الملامس (فعل) يجدد الجزء الملامس للأرض من دولاب السيارة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮חידש (צמיג), גיפר, צעד/עבר שוב (על שביל)‬
n. - ‮צמיג מגופר, אדם שנקרא שוב לשירות או שעובר הכשרה לעבודה חדשה, אדם/דבר ששונה על פניו, אך בעצם נותר כשהיה‬

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