Hypertext Webster Gateway: "groove"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

groove
n 1: 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) [syn: {channel}]
2: a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape;
"they fell into a conversational rut" [syn: {rut}]
3: (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or
part [syn: {vallecula}]
v 1: make a groove in, or provide with a groove, as of a record,
for example
2: make a groove in [syn: {rout}, {gouge}]
3: hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove; "furrow soil"
[syn: {furrow}, {rut}]


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