Definitions For Sipe

Verb

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

Noun

SIPE (plural SIPEs) (US) slit, slit in a tire to drain away surface water and improve traction. (British, dialect) A drain.

Etymology

From {{etyl, ang, -}} 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."

Anagrams

EPIs, Epis, Peis, Seip, epis, ipes, pies, pisé