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groove

UK/ɡɹuːv/ US/ɡɹuv/ fairly common informal
noun (3) verb (2)

noun

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)

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2.

a military operation by both land and sea forces

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3.

(anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part

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verb

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”
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Origin

From Middle English grov, grove, groof, grofe (“cave; pit; mining shaft”), probably from Old Norse gróf (“pit”) or from Middle Dutch groeve (“furrow, ditch”), both from Proto-West Germanic *grōbu, from Proto-Germanic *grōbō (“groove, furrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to dig, scrape, bury”). Cognate with Cimbrian gruuba (“gorge, ravine”), Dutch groef, groeve (“groove; pit, grave”), German Grube (“ditch, pit”), Luxembourgish Grouf (“pit, mine”), Mòcheno gruab (“mine”), Icelandic gróf (“pit, hollow”), Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐍉𐌱𐌰 (grōba, “foxhole”), Serbo-Croatian grèbati (“scratch, dig”). Related to Old English grafan (“to dig”). More at grave.

Phrases

  • back in the groove
  • Galvayne's groove
  • get one's groove on
  • groove fricative
  • groove metal
  • groove on
  • groove-joint pliers
  • in the groove
  • infraorbital groove

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