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Sipe

//saɪp// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    Slit in a tire to drain away surface water and improve traction. US
  2. 2
    A drain. British, dialectal
Verb
  1. 1
    To cut grooves in tires. US
  2. 2
    To drain, to filter through peat or reeds; to seep. British, intransitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

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."

Etymology 2

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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