slipe

English

Etymology

Compare slip (verb).

Noun

slipe (plural slipes)

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

Anagrams

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

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 slipe/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

References

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