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Groove : (noun)
1: 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) [syn: channel]
2: a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape;
"they fell into a conversational rut" [syn: rut]
3: (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or
part [syn: vallecula]
(verb)
1: make a groove in, or provide with a groove; "groove a vinyl
record"
2: hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove; "furrow soil"
[syn: furrow, rut]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Groove : \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.]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Groove : \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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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