sipe
See also: Sipe
English
Etymology
From Old English sipian, related to seep.
- around 888 AD, K Aelfred, translation of Boethius, Chapter 33, para.5 ,
- "Seo eore hit helt & be sumum dæle swil, & for am sype heo bi eleht."
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saɪp/
Noun
sipe (plural sipes)
- (US) Slit in a tire to drain away surface water and improve traction.
- (Britain, dialectal) A drain.
Verb
sipe (third-person singular simple present sipes, present participle siping, simple past and past participle siped)
- (US) To cut grooves in tires.
- (intransitive, Britain) To drain, to filter through peat or reeds; to seep.
Anagrams
- Epis, Peis, Seip, epis, ipes, pies, pisé