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n. Slit in a tire to drain away surface water and improve traction.

n. (dialect) A drain.

v. To cut grooves in tires.

v. (UK) To drain, to filter through peat or reeds; to seep.

verb-intransitive. See seep.

To ooze; trickle; soak through or out.

To steep; soak.

"(I think Cathy Seipp of blessed memory did the reverse — "sipe" instead of "seep.")"

seep   

gipe    gripe    hype    lipe    overripe    pipe    ripe    snipe    stipe    stripe