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sipe.

Slit in a tire to drain away surface water and improve traction.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/saɪp/
  1. Slit in a tire to drain away surface water and improve traction.

    US
  2. A drain.

    UK · dialectal
Where this word comes from

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."

verb/saɪp/
  1. To cut grooves in tires.

    US
  2. To drain, to filter through peat or reeds; to seep.

    UK · intransitive
Where this word comes from

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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