sipe

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
7
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/saɪp/

Definition of sipe

5 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (US)Slit in a tire to drain away surface water and improve traction.
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noun

  1. (US)Slit in a tire to drain away surface water and improve traction.
  2. (British, dialectal)A drain.

verb

  1. (US)To cut grooves in tires.
  2. (British, intransitive)To drain, to filter through peat or reeds; to seep.

name

  1. A surname.

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Etymology

From Old English sipian, related to seep. * around 888 AD, K Aelfred, translation of Boethius, Chapter 33, para.5 , : "Seo eorþe hit helt & be sumum dæle swilgþ, & for þam sype heo biþ geleht."

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2-letter words

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