different between sipe vs slipe

English

Etymology

From Old English 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."

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa?p/

Noun

sipe (plural sipes)

1. (US) Slit in a tire to drain away surface water and improve traction.
2. (Britain, dialect) A drain.

Verb

sipe (third-person singular simple present sipes, present participle siping, simple past and past participle siped)

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

Anagrams

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

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

sipe (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. inflection of sipa:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

English

Etymology

Compare slip (verb).

Noun

slipe (plural slipes)

1. A sledge runner on which a skip is dragged in a mine.

Anagrams

• Elpis, Lipes, Peils, Piels, Piles, Siple, piles, plies, pliés, spiel, spile

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Probably from Middle Low German slipen; compare with Danish slibe and Swedish slipa.

Verb

slipe (imperative slip, present tense sliper, passive slipes, simple past slipte, past participle slipt, present participle slipende)

1. to grind
2. to sharpen, hone (a knife, also figurative)
3. to polish (e.g. marble, also figurative)
4. to cut (crystal glass, precious stones)

References

• “slipe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “slipe” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Probably from Middle Low German slipen

Verb

slipe (present tense slipar/sliper, past tense slipa/slipte, past participle slipa/slipt, passive infinitive slipast, present participle slipande, imperative slip)

1. to grind
2. to sharpen, hone (a knife, also figurative)
3. to polish (e.g. marble, also figurative)
4. to cut (crystal glass, precious stones)

Alternative forms

• slipa

References

• “slipe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.