groove
Plural: grooves
Noun
- 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)
- a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape
- (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part
- 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.
- A fixed routine.
- The middle of the strike zone in baseball where a pitch is most easily hit.
- A pronounced, enjoyable rhythm.
- A good feeling (often as in the groove).
- A shaft or excavation.
- The optimal route around the track, or any of several such routes.
Verb
Verb Forms: grooved, grooving, grooves
- To cut a long, narrow furrow or channel into a surface.
- make a groove in, or provide with a groove
- "groove a vinyl record"
- hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove
- To cut a groove or channel in; to form into channels or grooves; to furrow.
- To perform, dance to, or enjoy rhythmic music.
Examples
- He could really groove on the words, finding perfect spots for them on the board.
- I was just starting to groove to the band when we had to leave.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English grov, grove, groof, grofe (“cave; pit; mining shaft”), from Old English grōf (“trench, furrow, something dug”), from Proto-West Germanic *grōbu, from Proto-Germanic *grōbō (“groove, furrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“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.
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 10
groove: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordgroove: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
groove: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary