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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 2. Hence: The habitual course of life, work or affairs; fixed routine. The gregarious trifling of life in the social groove. --J. Morley. 3. [See {Grove}.] (Mining) A shaft or excavation. [Prov. Eng.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: groove n 1: a long narrow furrow or channel cut by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record) 2: a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape; "they fell into a conversational rut" [syn: {rut}] 3: (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part v 1: make a groove in or provide with a groove, as of a record, for example 2: make a groove in [syn: {rout}, {gouge}] 3: hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove; "furrow soil" [syn: {furrow}, {rut}]
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