Definition of "retread" [re•tread]

• To fit (a worn automotive tire) with a new tread. (verb-transitive)
• To make or do over again, especially with minimal revision; rehash: retreading a familiar story line. (verb-transitive)
• A tire that has been fitted with a new tread. (noun)
• A revision or reworking; a remake or rehash: a trite retread of an old musical. (noun)
• Informal A person who has been retrained for work. (noun)

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• "With a PG-13 rating and a pretty formulamatic plot Skinwalkers was perceived as another tired retread from a Hollywood in desperate need of originality."
• "This mildly downbeat retread is notable for a couple of illustrative quotes and statistics: [Crisis, crackdown turn Mexicans off American dream, Reuters, October 15, 2008]."
• "Another Daschle-Citibank retread is transition co-chair Tom Rouse, who was the chief of staff for Daschle when he was the weakest Democratic majority leader in recent memory, surrendering to Bush on point after point."