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sipe¹

  • /saɪp/

Rhymes with -aɪp

Where it 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."

noun sipes

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

verb sipes · siping · siped

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

Sipe²

proper noun Sipes

  1. A surname.

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Españolentalladura, microsurco

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"sipe." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sipe. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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sipe. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sipe

Chicago

"sipe." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sipe.

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@misc{sipe_2026,
  title = {sipe},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sipe},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}