n. | 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. | |
3. | (Mining) A shaft or excavation. | |
v. t. | 1. | To cut a groove or channel in; to form into channels or grooves; to furrow. |
Noun | 1. | groove - 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) Synonyms: channel |
2. | groove - a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape; "they fell into a conversational rut" Synonyms: rut | |
3. | groove - (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part Synonyms: vallecula | |
Verb | 1. | groove - make a groove in, or provide with a groove; "groove a vinyl record" |
2. | groove - hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove; "furrow soil" |