[syn: furrow, rut, groove]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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2. Hence: The habitual course of life, work, or affairs;
fixed routine.
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The gregarious trifling of life in the social
groove. --J. Morley.
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3. [See Grove.] (Mining) A shaft or excavation. [Prov.
Eng.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
groove
n 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: groove, channel]
2: a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape;
"they fell into a conversational rut" [syn: rut, groove]
3: (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part
[syn: groove, vallecula]
v 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, groove]