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GROOVE
rut, groove
(noun) a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape; “they fell into a conversational rut”
groove, vallecula
(noun) (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part
groove, channel
(noun) a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)
furrow, rut, groove
(verb) hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove; “furrow soil”
groove
(verb) make a groove in, or provide with a groove; “groove a vinyl record”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
groove (plural grooves)
A long, narrow channel or depression; e.g, such a slot cut into a hard material to provide a location for an engineering component, a tyre groove, or a geological channel or depression.
A fixed routine.
The middle of the strike zone in baseball where a pitch is most easily hit.
A pronounced, enjoyable rhythm.
(mining) A shaft or excavation.
(motorsport) A racing line, a path across the racing circuit's surface that a racecar will usually track on. (Note: There may be multiple grooves on any particular circuit or segment of circuit)
Verb
groove (third-person singular simple present grooves, present participle grooving, simple past and past participle grooved)
(transitive) To cut a groove or channel in; to form into channels or grooves; to furrow.
(intransitive) To perform, dance to, or enjoy rhythmic music.
Anagrams
• go over, overgo
Source: Wiktionary
Groove, n. Etym: [D. groef, groeve; akin to E. grove. See Grove.]
1. A furrow, channel, or long hollow, such as may be formed by cutting, molding, grinding, the wearing force of flowing water, or constant travel; a depressed way; a worn path; a rut.
2. Hence: The habitual course of life, work, or affairs; fixed routine. The gregarious trifling of life in the social groove. J. Morley.
3. Etym: [See Grove.] (Mining)
Definition: A shaft or excavation. [Prov. Eng.]
Groove, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grooved; p. pr. & vb. n. Groving.]
Definition: To cut a groove or channel in; to form into channels or grooves; to furrow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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