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- DictionaryGroove/ɡro͞ov/
noun
- 1. a long, narrow cut or depression, especially one made to guide motion or receive a corresponding ridge.
- 2. an established routine or habit: "his thoughts were slipping into a familiar groove"
verb
- 1. make a groove or grooves in: "deep lines grooved her face"
- 2. dance or listen to popular or jazz music, especially that with an insistent rhythm: informal "they were grooving to Motown"
Definition of groove noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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a long, narrow cut or indentation in a surface, as the cut in a board to receive the tongue of another board (tongue-and-groove joint), a furrow, or a natural indentation on an organism.
GROOVE definition: a long, narrow line that has been cut into a surface. Learn more.
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From Middle English grov, grove, groof, grofe (“cave; pit; mining shaft”), from Old English grōf (“trench, furrow, something dug”), from Proto-West Germanic *grōbu, from Proto-Germanic *grōbō (“groove, furrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to dig, scrape, bury”). Cognate with Dutch groef, groeve (“groove; pit, grave”), German Grube (“ditch,...
(UK) IPA(key): /ɡɹuːv/(US) IPA(key): /ɡɹuv/Rhymes: -uːvgroove (plural grooves) 1. 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. 1.1. Antonym: ridge 2. A fixed routine. 2.1. 1859 December 13, Charles Dickens, “The Mortals in the House”, in Charles Dickens, editor, ...
groove (third-person singular simple present grooves, present participle grooving, simple past and past participle grooved) 1. (transitive) To cut a groove or channel in; to form into channels or grooves; to furrow. 1.1. 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 37, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothe...
GROOVE meaning: 1 : a long, narrow cut or low area in a surface; 2 : a state in which you are able to do something well and easily especially because you are doing it often.
Feb 9, 2024 · groove in American English. (gruv ) noun. 1. a long, narrow furrow or hollow cut in a surface with a tool, as the track cut in a phonograph record for the stylus to follow. 2. any channel or rut cut or worn in a surface. 3. a habitual way of doing something; settled routine.
groove (gro̅o̅v), n., v., grooved, groov•ing. n. a long, narrow cut or indentation in a surface, as the cut in a board to receive the tongue of another board (tongue-and-groove joint,) a furrow, or a natural indentation on an organism.
