Groove

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. The gregarious trifling of life in the social groove. - J. Morley.
	3.	(Mining) A shaft or excavation.
v. t.	1.	To cut a groove or channel in; to form into channels or grooves; to furrow. [imp. & p. p. Grooved ; p. pr. & vb. n. Groving.]

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" Synonyms: furrow, rut

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