Word Meanings - RETREAD - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To tread again.

Related words: (words related to RETREAD)

• AGAINSTAND
  To withstand.
• AGAINSAY
  To gainsay. Wyclif.
• AGAIN
  again; on + geán, akin to Ger. gegewn against, Icel. gegn. Cf. 1. In return, back; as, bring us word again. 2. Another time; once more; anew. If a man die, shall he live again Job xiv. 14. 3. Once repeated; -- of quantity; as, as large again,
• TREADBOARD
  See 5
• TREADFOWL
  A cock. Chaucer.
• TREADMILL
  A mill worked by persons treading upon steps on the periphery of a wide wheel having a horizontal axis. It is used principally as a means of prison discipline. Also, a mill worked by horses, dogs, etc., treading an endless belt.
• TREAD
  tredan, D. & LG. treden, G. treten, OHG. tretan, Icel. tro, Sw. tråda, träda, Dan. træde, Goth. trudan, and perhaps ultimately to F. 1. To set the foot; to step. Where'er you tread, the blushing flowers shall rise. Pope. Fools rush in where
• AGAINST
  1. Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over. Jacob saw the angels of God come against him. Tyndale. 2. From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in contact with; in
• AGAIN; AGAINS
  Against; also, towards . Albeit that it is again his kind. Chaucer.
• TREADLE
  The chalaza of a bird's egg; the tread. (more info) 1. The part of a foot lathe, or other machine, which is pressed or moved by the foot.
• AGAINWARD
  Back again.
• AGAINBUY
  To redeem. Wyclif.
• TREADWHEEL
  A wheel turned by persons or animals, by treading, climbing, or pushing with the feet, upon its periphery or face. See Treadmill.
• TREAD-SOFTLY
  Spurge nettle. See under Nettle.
• TREADER
  One who treads. Isa. xvi. 10.
• THEREAGAIN
  In opposition; against one's course. If that him list to stand thereagain. Chaucer.
• OVERTREAD
  To tread over or upon.
• RETREAD
  To tread again.
• MISTREADING
  Misstep; misbehavior. "To punish my mistreadings." Shak.
• UNTREAD
  To tread back; to retrace. Shak.
• FORTREAD
  To tread down; to trample upon. In hell shall they be all fortroden of devils. Chaucer.