grooved

[ groovd ]
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verb
  1. simple past tense and past participle of groove.

adjective
  1. provided with a groove.

Origin of grooved

1
First recorded in 1785–95; groove + -ed2

Other words from grooved

  • un·grooved, adjective

Words Nearby grooved

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How to use grooved in a sentence

  • He dropped a slender pointer upon the wire and engaged its grooved tip, and then the flying was out of his hands.

  • Thence the cable is sent over another deeply grooved wheel into the sea.

  • Every third girl now received a large empty gourd, a grooved board, and the dry shoulder-bone of a sheep.

    Overland | John William De Forest
  • It lay, tongued and grooved, with the scantling for fixing it, just where the timber merchant's men had deposited it—on the floor.

    Mushroom Town | Oliver Onions