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groove

  [groov] noun, verb, grooved, groov⋅ing.
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–noun
1. a long, narrow cut or indentation in a surface, as the cut in a board to receive the tongue of another board (tongue-and-groove joint), a furrow, or a natural indentation on an organism.
2. the track or channel of a phonograph record for the needle or stylus.
3. a fixed routine: to get into a groove.
4. Printing. the furrow at the bottom of a piece of type.
5. Slang. an enjoyable time or experience.
–verb (used with object)
6. to cut a groove in; furrow.
7. Slang.
a. to appreciate and enjoy.
b. to please immensely.
–verb (used without object)
8. Slang.
a. to take great pleasure; enjoy oneself: He was grooving on the music.
b. to get along or interact well.
9. to fix in a groove.
—Idiom
10. in the groove, Slang.
a. in perfect functioning order.
b. in the popular fashion; up-to-date: If you want to be in the groove this summer, you'll need a bikini.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME grofe, groof mining shaft; c. MD groeve, D groef, G Grube pit, ditch; akin to grave 1

Related forms:
grooveless, adjective
groovelike, adjective
groover, noun

Synonyms:
3. rut, habit, pattern.
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groove   (grōōv)   
n.  
  1. A long narrow furrow or channel.
  2. The spiral track cut into a phonograph record for the stylus to follow.
  3. Slang A settled routine: got into the groove of a nine-to-five job.
  4. Slang A situation or an activity that one enjoys or to which one is especially well suited: found his groove playing bass in a trio.
  5. Slang A very pleasurable experience.
v.   grooved, groov·ing, grooves

v.   tr.
  1. To cut a groove or grooves in.
  2. Baseball To throw (a pitch) over the middle of home plate, where it is likely to be hit.
v.   intr. Slang
    1. To take great pleasure or satisfaction; enjoy oneself: just sitting around, grooving on the music.
    2. To be affected with pleasurable excitement.
  2. To react or interact harmoniously.

[Middle English groof, mining shaft, probably from Middle Dutch groeve, ditch; see ghrebh-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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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.]

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.
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Language Translation for : groove
Spanish: surco, ranura, estría,
German: die Rinne, die Rille,
Japanese: みぞ
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groove 
c.1400, from O.N. grod "pit," or M.Du. groeve "furrow, ditch," from P.Gmc. *grobo (cf. O.N. grof "brook, river bed," O.H.G. gruoba "ditch," Goth. groba "pit, cave," O.E. græf "ditch"), related to grave (n.). Sense of "long, narrow channel or furrow" is 1659. Meaning "spiral cut in a phonograph record" is from 1902. Fig. sense of "routine" is from 1842, often depreciatory at first, "a rut." Adj. groovy is 1853 in lit. sense of "of a groove;" 1937 in slang sense of "excellent," from jazz slang phrase in the groove (1932) "performing well (without grandstanding)." As teen slang for "wonderful," it dates from 1944; popularized 1960s, out of currency by 1980.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: groove
Pronunciation: 'grüv
Function: noun
: a long narrow depression occurring naturally on the surface of an organism or an anatomicalpart
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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groove (gr&oomacr;v)
n.
A rut, groove, or narrow depression or channel in a surface.

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groove

see in the groove.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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