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sipe - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
To ooze; trickle; soak through or out.
To steep; soak.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
intransitive verb Scot. & U.S. See seep .
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
noun US Slit in a tire to drain away surface water and improve traction .
noun UK (dialect) A drain .
verb US To cut grooves in tires.
verb intransitive (UK ) To drain, to filter through peat or reeds; to seep .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From Old English sipian , related to seep .
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(I think Cathy Seipp of blessed memory did the reverse — "sipe " instead of "seep.")
Terrance Heath: Sotomayor and the Vulcan Standard, Pt. 2 2009
The best ones use a softer compound and a molded-in sipe --a strategically placed groove in addition to the normal tire tread to help carry the water out.
Best Cars For Snow Bengt Halvorson 2007
The best ones use a softer compound and a molded-in sipe --a strategically placed groove in addition to the normal tire tread to help carry the water out.
Best Cars For Snow Bengt Halvorson 2007
If you are interested in participating, contact the O.sipe Temple No. 65 at P.O. Box 1943 or call Bob Cosby at (229) 269-1681.
unknown title 2009
If you are interested in participating, contact the O.sipe Temple No. 65 at P.O. Box 1943 or call Bob Cosby at (229) 269-1681.
unknown title 2009
skipvia commented on the word sipe
To increase a tire's traction on icy roads by making shallow slashes in the tread surface.
October 19, 2007
bilby commented on the word sipe
There's a tyre ad on TV here at the moment where one of the experts refers to the tread markings as sipes.
November 19, 2008
qms commented on the word sipe
A marketer knows how to hype:
Extolling a tire of indifferent type
He'll sing of its soundness,
Its ebony roundness,
Its tread and ingenious new sipe.
May 3, 2015