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groove
English
Etymology
From Middle English grov, grove, groof, grofe (“cave; pit; mining shaft”), from Old English gr?f (“trench, furrow, something dug”), from Proto-Germanic *gr?b? (“groove, furrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?reb?- (“to dig, scrape, bury”). Cognate with Dutch groef, groeve (“groove; pit, grave”), German Grube (“ditch, pit”), Norwegian grov (“brook, riverbed”), Serbo-Croatian grèbati (“scratch, dig”). Directly descended from Old English grafan (“to dig”). More at grave.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??u?v/
- (US) IPA(key): /??uv/
- Rhymes: -u?v
Noun
groove (plural grooves)
- A long, narrow channel or depression; e.g., such a slot cut into a hard material to provide a location for an engineering component, a tyre groove, or a geological channel or depression.
- Antonym: ridge
- A fixed routine.
- 1873, John Morley, Rousseau
- The gregarious trifling of life in the social groove.
- 1873, John Morley, Rousseau
- The middle of the strike zone in baseball where a pitch is most easily hit.
- (music) A pronounced, enjoyable rhythm.
- (mining) A shaft or excavation.
- (motor racing) A racing line, a path across the racing circuit's surface that a racecar will usually track on. (Note: There may be multiple grooves on any particular circuit or segment of circuit)
Derived terms
- get one's groove on
- groove fricative
- grooveless
- groovelike
- groovework
- groovy
- tongue and groove
Translations
Verb
groove (third-person singular simple present grooves, present participle grooving, simple past and past participle grooved)
- (transitive) To cut a groove or channel in; to form into channels or grooves; to furrow.
- (intransitive) To perform, dance to, or enjoy rhythmic music.
- I was just starting to groove to the band when we had to leave.
Derived terms
- grooved
- groover
- ungrooved
Translations
Anagrams
- go over, overgo
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??uv/
Noun
groove m (plural grooves)
- groove (fixed routine)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English.
Noun
groove m (plural grooves)
- groove (music style)
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grooving
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -u?v??
Verb
grooving
- present participle of groove
Noun
grooving (plural groovings)
- A groove; a long indentation.
- 1842, Chambers's Edinburgh journal (page 4)
- It appears that moraines and groovings, exactly resembling those of the Alpine regions, are found in all those districts.
- 1842, Chambers's Edinburgh journal (page 4)
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