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groove
(gro͞ov)n.
1. A long narrow furrow or channel.
2. The spiral track cut into a phonograph record for the stylus to follow.
3. Slang A settled routine: got into the groove of a nine-to-five job.
4. Slang A situation or an activity that one enjoys or to which one is especially well suited: found his groove playing bass in a trio.
5. Slang A very pleasurable experience.
v. grooved, groov·ing, grooves
v.tr.
1. To cut a groove or grooves in.
2. Baseball To throw (a pitch) over the middle of home plate, where it is likely to be hit.
v.intr. Slang
Idiom: 1.
a. To take great pleasure or satisfaction; enjoy oneself: just sitting around, grooving on the music.
b. To be affected with pleasurable excitement.
2. To react or interact harmoniously.
in the groove Slang
Performing exceptionally well.
[Middle English groof, mining shaft, probably from Middle Dutch groeve, ditch; see ghrebh- in Indo-European roots.]
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groove
(ɡruːv)n
1. (Building) a long narrow channel or furrow, esp one cut into wood by a tool
2. (Electrical Engineering) the spiral channel, usually V-shaped, in a gramophone record. See also microgroove
3. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) one of the spiral cuts in the bore of a gun
4. (Anatomy) anatomy any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part; sulcus
5. (Mountaineering) mountaineering a shallow fissure in a rock face or between two rock faces, forming an angle of more than 120°
6. a settled existence, routine, etc, to which one is suited or accustomed, esp one from which it is difficult to escape
7. slang an experience, event, etc, that is groovy
8. (Jazz) jazz playing well and apparently effortlessly, with a good beat, etc
9. US fashionable
vb
10. (tr) to form or cut a groove in
11. (intr) old-fashioned slang to enjoy oneself or feel in rapport with one's surroundings
12. (Jazz) (intr) jazz to play well, with a good beat, etc
[C15: from obsolete Dutch groeve, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German gruoba pit, Old Norse grof]
ˈgrooveless adj
ˈgrooveˌlike adj
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groove
(gruv)n., v. grooved, groov•ing. n.
1. a long, narrow cut or indentation in a surface.
2. a track or channel of a phonograph record for the needle or stylus.
3. a fixed routine: to get into a groove.
4. the furrow at the bottom of a piece of type.
5. Slang. an enjoyable time or experience.
v.t. 6. to cut a groove in; furrow.
v.i. 7. Slang.
a. to take great pleasure; enjoy oneself in a relaxed way: grooving on the music.
b. to interact well; feel a rapport.
8. to fix in a groove.
[1350–1400; Middle English grofe, groof mining shaft, probably < early Dutch groeve ditch, c. Old High German gruoba, Old Norse grōf, Gothic groba; akin to grave1]
groove′like`, adj.
groov′er, n.
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groove
Past participle: grooved
Gerund: grooving
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| Noun | 1. |  groove - 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)dado - a rectangular groove cut into a board so that another piece can fit into it fluting, flute - a groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column) quirk - a narrow groove beside a beading track - a groove on a phonograph recording rut - a groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels) imprint, impression, depression - a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud" stria, striation - any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as: the scratches left by a glacier on rocks or the streaks or ridges in muscle tissue washout - the channel or break produced by erosion of relatively soft soil by water; "it was several days after the storm before they could repair the washout and open the road" |
| 2. | groove - a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape; "they fell into a conversational rut" modus operandi, routine - an unvarying or habitual method or procedure | |
| 3. | groove - (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part body part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity costal groove - groove between the ribs where the nerves and blood vessels are fissure - (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes anatomy, general anatomy - the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals | |
| Verb | 1. | groove - make a groove in, or provide with a groove; "groove a vinyl record" dado - cut a dado into or fit into a dado mill - produce a ridge around the edge of; "mill a coin" incise - make an incision into by carving or cutting |
| 2. | groove - hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove; "furrow soil" |
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groove
noun indentation, cut, hollow, score, channel, trench, rebate, flute, gutter, trough, furrow, rut Grooves were made in the shelf to accommodate the back panel.
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groove
nounphrasal verb
groove on
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Translations
أخْدود أو حَز في أسطوانه
drážkarýha
furerille
gróp, rák, skora
įpjovarievėrievėtassu grioveliais
rieva
drážka
brazdautorzarezažlebič
groove
[gruːv]A. N
1. (in wood, metal etc) → ranura f, estría f; [of record] → surco m
to be (stuck) in a groove → estar metido en una rutina
to be (stuck) in a groove → estar metido en una rutina
2. to be in the groove → estar en forma
3. (Mus) (= rhythm) → ritmo m
C. VI (= dance) → bailar
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groove
n → Rille f; (in rock also) → Rinne f, → Furche f; (in face) → Furche f; (fig) → altes Gleis; to get into the groove (inf) → in Fahrt kommen; he’s (stuck) in a groove (inf) → er kommt aus seinem alten Trott nicht heraus
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groove
(gruːv) noun a long, narrow cut made in a surface. the groove in a record.
grooved adjectivegrooved edges.
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groove
n. surco, ranura;
bicipital ___ → ___ bicipital;
costal ___ → ___ costal.
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