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groove

Pronunciation: /ɡɹuːv/

The English word “groove” has 9 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. 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 tire groove, or a geological channel or depression.
  2. A fixed routine.
  3. The middle of the strike zone in baseball where a pitch is most easily hit.
  4. A pronounced, enjoyable rhythm.
  5. A good feeling (often as in the groove).
  6. A shaft or excavation.
  7. The optimal route around the track, or any of several such routes.

verb

  1. To cut a groove or channel in; to form into channels or grooves; to furrow.
  2. To perform, dance to, or enjoy rhythmic music.

Etymology

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”),…

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