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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishgrov,grove,groof,grofe(“cave; pit; mining shaft”), fromOld Englishgrōf(“trench, furrow, something dug”), fromProto-West Germanic*grōbu, fromProto-Germanic*grōbō(“groove, furrow”), fromProto-Indo-European*gʰrebʰ-(“to dig, scrape, bury”). Cognate withDutchgroef,groeve(“groove; pit, grave”),GermanGrube(“ditch, pit”),Norwegiangrov(“brook, riverbed”),Serbo-Croatiangrèbati(“scratch, dig”). Directly descended fromOld Englishgrafan(“to dig”). More atgrave.

grooves on avinyl record

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groove (pluralgrooves)

  1. Along,narrowchannel ordepression; e.g., such aslot cut into a hard material to provide alocation for anengineeringcomponent, atyre groove, or ageological channel or depression.
    Antonym:ridge
  2. Afixedroutine.
    • 1859 December 13,Charles Dickens, “The Mortals in the House”, in Charles Dickens, editor,The Haunted House. The Extra Christmas Number ofAll the Year Round […], volume II, London: […] C[harles] Whiting, […],→OCLC,page 4:
      Through these distresses, the Odd Girl was cheerful and exemplary. But within four hours after dark we had got into a supernaturalgroove, and the Odd Girl had seen “Eyes,” and was in hysterics.
    • 1873,John Morley,Rousseau:
      The gregarious trifling of life in the socialgroove.
    • 2011 October 23, Becky Ashton, “QPR 1 - 0 Chelsea”, inBBC Sport‎[1]:
      His counterpart Neil Warnock got his tactics spot on as Chelsea struggled to get into any sort ofgroove in the first half.
  3. Themiddle of thestrikezone inbaseballwhere apitch ismosteasilyhit.
  4. (music) Apronounced, enjoyablerhythm.
    • 1979, “Rapper's Delight”, performed byThe Sugarhill Gang:
      Now, what you hear is not a test, I'm rapping to the beat / And me, thegroove, and my friends are gonna try to move your feet
    • 1983,Chris Barbosa, Ed Chisolm, “Let the Music Play”, performed byShannon:
      Let the music play / He won't get away / Thisgroove he can't ignore
    • 1985, Stephen Bray, Madonna, “Into the Groove”, inLike a Virgin, performed byMadonna:
      Get into thegroove / Boy, you've got to prove / Your love to me / Get up on your feet / Yeah, step to the beat
  5. (dated, informal) A good feeling (often asin the groove).
    • 1980,Earth, Wind & Fire, “Turn It Into Something Good”, inFaces (Earth, Wind & Fire album):
      You can't hide forever, just decide to make it better / Turn it into something good / Remember, you can choose not to lose / Find yourgroove and be a winner
    • 2010, Jan Reid, Shawn Sahm,Texas Tornado: The Times and Music of Doug Sahm, page57:
      How could he be expected to make music that put the audience in agroove, he reasoned, if he wasn't grooving himself?
  6. (mining) Ashaft orexcavation.
  7. (motor racing) Aracingline, a path across the racing circuit's surface that a racecar will usually track on. (Note: There may be multiple grooves on any particular circuit or segment of circuit)

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Translations

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long, narrow channel
fixed routine
pronounced, enjoyable rhythm
shaft in mining
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Verb

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groove (third-person singular simple presentgrooves,present participlegrooving,simple past and past participlegrooved)

  1. (transitive) To cut a groove or channel in; to form into channels or grooves; to furrow.
  2. (intransitive) To perform, dance to, or enjoy rhythmic music.
    I was just starting togroove to the band when we had to leave.

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Translations

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to cut a furrow into a surface
to enjoy rhythmic music

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French

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Borrowed fromEnglish.

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Noun

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groove m (pluralgrooves)

  1. groove (fixed routine)

Spanish

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Borrowed fromEnglish.

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groove m (pluralgrooves)

  1. groove(music style)
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