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Groove

Groove Meaning & Definition
Groove Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Groove?

[n] a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape; "they fell into a conversational rut"
[n] (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part
[n] 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)
[v] hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove; "furrow soil"
[v] make a groove in
[v] make a groove in, or provide with a groove, as of a record, for example

Synonyms | Synonyms for Groove: channel | furrow | gouge | rout | rut | rut | vallecula

Related Terms | Find terms related to Groove: abysm | abyss | alameda | arroyo | ascender | autolithograph | back | bastard type | be a printmaker | beard | beat | beaten path | beaten track | belly | berm | bevel | bezel | bicycle path | black letter | boardwalk | body | bore | box canyon | breach | break | bridle path | bureaucracy | bureaucratism | burrow | canal | canalize | canyon | cap | capital | carve | case | catwalk | cavity | chamfer | channel | chap | character | chase | chasm | check | chimney | chink | chinoiserie | chisel | cleave | cleft | cleuch | clough | col | corrugate | corrugation | coulee | couloir | counter | crack | cranny | crease | crevasse | crevice | cribble | crimp | crosshatch | cut | cut apart | cwm | dado | daily grind | defile | dell | delve | descender | dig | dig out | dike | ditch | donga | draw | dredge | drill | drive | em | en | enchase | engrave | engraving | esplanade | excavate | excavation | face | fastwalk | fat-faced type | fault | feet | fissure | flaw | flume | flute | fluting | font | foot pavement | footpath | footway | fracture | furrow | gap | gape | garden path | gash | glyph | goffer | gorge | gouge | gouge out | grave | grind | grub | gulch | gulf | gully | hatch | hiking trail | hole | incise | incision | inscribe | italic | jog trot | joint | kloof | leak | letter | ligature | line | lithograph | logotype | lower | lower case | majuscule | make prints | mall | mark | microgroove | mine | minuscule | moat | nick | notch | nullah | open | opening | pace | parade | pass | passage | path | pathway | pi | pica | pleat | plow | point | prado | print | promenade | public walk | quarry | rabbet | ravine | red tape | red-tapeism | rent | rifle | rifling | rift | rime | rive | roman | rote | round | routine | ruck | run | runway | rupture | rut | sans serif | sap | scissure | scoop | scoop out | score | scrabble | scrape | scratch | script | sculpture | seam | shank | shoulder | shovel | sidewalk | sink | slit | slot | small cap | small capital | spade | split | squirrel cage | stamp | stem | stipple | streak | stria | striate | striation | sulcation | sulcus | tool | towing path | towpath | track | trail | treadmill | trench | trottoir | trough | tunnel | type | type body | type class | type lice | typecase | typeface | typefounders | typefoundry | upper case | valley | void | wadi | walk | walkway | well-worn groove | wrinkle

See Also | body part | core out | costal groove | cut into | dado | delve | depression | dig | fissure | flute | fluting | hollow | hollow out | impression | imprint | incise | mill | modus operandi | quirk | rabbet | rebate | routine | rut | stria | striation | track | turn over

Groove In Webster's Dictionary

\Groove\, n. [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. [See {Grove}.] (Mining) A shaft or excavation. [Prov. Eng.]
\Groove\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Grooved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Groving}.] To cut a groove or channel in; to form into channels or grooves; to furrow.

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