groove Meaning, Definition & Usage
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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)
channel.
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noun a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape
rut.
- they fell into a conversational rut
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noun (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part
vallecula.
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verb make a groove in, or provide with a groove
- groove a vinyl record
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verb hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove
rut; furrow.
- furrow soil
WordNet
Groove noun
Etymology
D.Definitions
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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. -
Hence: The habitual course of life, work, or affairs; fixed routine. The gregarious trifling of life in the social groove. J. Morley.
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See Grove .(Mining) A shaft or excavation. Prov. Eng.
Groove transitive verb
Wordforms
Definitions
To cut a groove or channel in; to form into channels or grooves; to furrow.
Webster 1913
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