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groove  (grv)

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

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.

Idiom:

in the groove Slang

Performing exceptionally well.

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[Middle English groof, mining shaft, probably from Middle Dutch groeve, ditch; see ghrebh-² in Indo-European roots.]

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groove [gruːv]

n

1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a long narrow channel or furrow, esp one cut into wood by a tool

2. (Engineering / Electrical Engineering) the spiral channel, usually V-shaped, in a gramophone record See also microgroove

3. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) one of the spiral cuts in the bore of a gun

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) Anatomy any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part; sulcus

5. (Individual Sports & Recreations / 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

in the groove

a.  (Music) Jazz playing well and apparently effortlessly, with a good beat, etc.

b.  US fashionable

vb

1. (tr) to form or cut a groove in

2. (intr) Dated slang to enjoy oneself or feel in rapport with one's surroundings

3. (Music) (intr) Jazz to play well, with a good beat, etc.

[from obsolete Dutch groeve, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German gruoba pit, Old Norse grof]

grooveless  adj

groovelike  adj

Thesaurus

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) channel 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 rabbet, rebate - a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together 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" rut modus operandi, routine - an unvarying or habitual method or procedure
	3.	groove - (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part vallecula 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" furrow, rut cut into, delve, dig, turn over - turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration"

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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.

Translations

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

2. to be in the groove → estar en forma

3. (Mus) (= rhythm) → ritmo m

B. VT (= put groove in) → estriar, acanalar

C. VI (= dance) → bailar

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groove [ˈgruːv] n

(in joinery) → rainure f

(in record) → sillon m

(= rhythm) → groove m

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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

vt → Rillen machen in (+acc), → rillen; (water) stone → aushöhlen, Rinnen or Furchen machen in (+acc); face → furchen

vi (dated sl) → einen losmachen (dated sl); to groove to the music → mit der Musik mitgehen

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groove [gruːv] n (in wood, metal) → solco, scanalatura; (of record) → solco

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groove

n groove [gruːv]

a long, narrow cut made in a surface the groove in a record. groef, keep أخْدود أو حَز في أسطوانه бразда drážka, rýha rille; fure die Rinne, die Rille αυλάκι surco, ranura, estría õnarus شیار uurre rainure, sillon חָרִיץ खांचा žlijeb, utor barázda alur gróp, rák, skora solco, scanalatura みぞ (목재, 석재, 금속의 표면에 판) 홈 įpjova, rievė rieva alur groef, gleuf rille, fure, renne, spor rowek risco jgheab желобок drážka; žliabok; ryha brazda brazda fåra, räffla, skåra, spår ร่อง yiv 凹槽 жолобок; паз کھانچا khe, kẽ 纹道

adj grooved

grooved edges. gegroef, ingekeep مُثَلَّم، مُحَزَّز вдлъбнат vroubkovaný, rýhovaný rillet; furet gerillt αυλακωτός estriado, acanalado sooniline شیار دار uurteinen cannelé מְחוֹרָץ खांचेदार žljebast rovátkolt beralur rifflaður scanalato, inciso みぞのついた 홈이 파진 su grioveliais, rievėtas rievots beralur gegroefd, gerimpeld furet, utskåret, med riller/spor i żłobkowany sulcado canelat желобчатый vrúbkovaný, ryhovaný žlebičast izbrazdan räfflad ที่เป็นร่อง yivli 有凹槽的 борозенчастий کھانچے دار có rãnh; có khe 开槽的