groove

n.

1. A long narrow furrow or channel.
2. The spiral track cut into a phonograph record for the stylus to follow.
3. Slang. A settled routine: got into the groove of a nine-to-five job.
4. Slang. A situation or an activity that one enjoys or to which one is especially well suited: found his groove playing bass in a trio.
5. Slang. A very pleasurable experience.

v., grooved, groov·ing, grooves.

v.tr.

1. To cut a groove or grooves in.
2. Baseball. To throw (a pitch) over the middle of home plate, where it is likely to be hit.

v.intr. Slang

1. 1. To take great pleasure or satisfaction; enjoy oneself: just sitting around, grooving on the music.
   2. To be affected with pleasurable excitement.
2. To react or interact harmoniously.

idiom:

in the groove Slang.

1. Performing exceptionally well.

[Middle English groof, mining shaft, probably from Middle Dutch groeve, ditch.]

also groove on

noun

A habitual, laborious, often tiresome course of action: routine, rut¹, treadmill. Informal grind. See usual/unusual.

phrasal verb - groove on

To like or enjoy enthusiastically, often excessively: adore, delight (in), dote on (or upon), love. Slang eat up. See like/dislike, love/hatred.

n

Definition: indentation
Antonyms: bump, ridge

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n

A linear channel or sulcus.

A long narrow cut in the edge or face of a wood member; a groove across the grain is a dado; one parallel with the grain is a plow.

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A furrow in a bone that may act as a tract for blood vessels, nerves, and tendons.

A narrow, linear hollow or depression. Called also sulcus.

• abomasal g. — the third part of the gastric groove. Runs along the inside of the lesser curvature of the abomasum.
• alar g. — the slot-like part of the nostril of the dog beneath the wing of the nose; the homologous part in other animals.
• atrioventricular g. — see coronary groove (below).
• branchial g. — an external furrow lined with ectoderm, occurring in the embryo between two branchial arches.
• carpal g. — the bony part of the carpal tunnel on the palmar surfaces of the carpal bones.
• coronary g. — indicates, on the external surface of the heart, the demarcation of the atria from the ventricles. Called also atrioventricular groove.
• esophageal g. — a superseded name for reticular groove.
• gastric g. — in the simple stomach runs along the lesser curvature of the internal surface from the cardia to the pylorus. In the ruminant it is divided into three parts, the reticular, omasal and abomasal grooves.
• hoof g's — coronet to sole grooves in ruminant hooves; demarcate horn of wall from horn of heel; the axial groove is a point of weakness and subject to injury.
• humerus g. — see intertubercular groove (below).
• intermammary g. — median groove which divides the mammary glands into left and right halves.
• intertubercular g. — separates the tubercles at the head of the humerus; called also humerus groove.
• interventricular g. — there are two of these, right and left, which are external indicators of the separation between the two ventricles. The two grooves do not quite meet at the apex.
• jugular g. — the furrow in the ventral part of the neck which accommodates the jugular vein just below the skin.
• lacrimal g. — on the nasal surface of the maxillary bone; houses the nasolacrimal duct.
• laryngotracheal g. — in fetal development this groove appears in the ventral wall of the pharynx and deepens and separates to form the trachea and lower respiratory tract.
• left descending interventricular grooves — see paraconal groove (below).
• medullary g., neural g. — that formed by the invagination of the neural plate of the embryo to form the neural tube.
• omasal g. — the middle segment of the gastric groove in the ruminant, between the reticulo-omasal and the omasoabomasal orifices.
• optic g. — on the internal surface of the presphenoid bone; occupied by the optic chiasma.
• ossification g. — see ossification groove.
• paraconal g. — the fat and vessel-filled furrow on the left side of the heart, marking the division between the two ventricles; named from its position beside the conus arteriosus; called also left descending interventricular grooves.
• paracuneal g. — deep V-shaped furrows which separate the frog of the equine hoof from the bars and the sole.
• rachitic g. — a horizontal groove along the lower border of the thorax corresponding to the costal insertion of the diaphragm; seen in cases of advanced rickets.
• g. of Ranvier — see ossification groove.
• reticular g. — see reticular groove.
• right descending interventricular groove — see subsinuosal groove (below).
• ruminoreticular g. — the external demarcation of the division between the reticulum and the rumen.
• subsinuosal g. — fat and vessel-filled groove on the right side of the heart, marking the division between the two ventricles; named for its position beneath the sinus venosus; called also right descending interventricular groove.

IN BRIEF: A long narrow cut, slot, or worn place. Also: A situation or an activity that one enjoys or to which one is especially well suited.

If you don't like what you are doing, you can always pick up your needle and move to another groove. — Timothy Leary (1920-1996).

Tutor's tip: The well used-path was a "groove" (a cut or rut) that ran through the "grove" (a group of trees).

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - rille, fure, fordybning, fals
v. tr. - nothøvle, lave en fure, forbedre
v. intr. - danne fure, slå sig ned hos, more sig gevaldigt

Nederlands (Dutch)
groef, sleur, aanhoudende ritmische begeleiding, passende omgeving/baan etc., (op) dreef, iets te geks, groeven, ritmisch musiceren/dansen, zich vermaken/ontspannen, perfect maken (door oefening), harmonieus samengaan

Français (French)
n. - (lit) sillon (d'un disque), coulisse, rainure, fente, creux, routine, (Mus) rythme
v. tr. - rainer, canneler, rainurer, aimer, trouver à son goût
v. intr. - (US) prendre son pied

Deutsch (German)
n. - Trott, Nut, Rille
v. - rillen, sich amüsieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αυλάκι, διάξυσμα, εγκοπή, αυλάκωση, ράβδωση, πατούρα, αυλάκι δίσκου γραμμοφώνου, ρουτίνα, βαρετή καθημερινότητα
v. - αυλακώνω, τη βρίσκω

Italiano (Italian)
trantran, scanalatura

Português (Portuguese)
n. - ranhura (f), sulco (m), meia-cana (f), rotina (f)
v. - sulcar, estriar

Русский (Russian)
желоб, рутина, паз, шахта, проделывать желоб

Español (Spanish)
n. - rutina, ranura, garganta, estría, surco, experiencia agradable
v. tr. - cortar una ranura, disfrutar
v. intr. - disfrutar mucho, llevarse bien con, reparar una ranura

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - fåra, spår, slentrian
v. - holka ur, räffla, nåta

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
凹槽, 最佳状态, 惯例, 在...上开出沟, 使陷入常规, 用沟连接, 使极快活, 被槽连接, 形成沟槽, 被配上槽, 陷入常规

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 凹槽, 最佳狀態, 慣例
v. tr. - 在...上開出溝, 使陷入常規, 用溝連接, 使極快活
v. intr. - 被槽連接, 形成溝槽, 被配上槽, 陷入常規

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 홈, 습관, 관례
v. tr. - 홈을 만들다, 즐겁게 해주다
v. intr. - 홈이 되다, 신나게 즐기다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 溝, 慣習
v. - 溝を付ける, 楽しませる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) اخدود, ثلم (فعل) يخدد, يعمل ثلما‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חריץ, חלל, מסילה חלזונית בתקליט, הרגל מובהק, שיגרה, מאפיין קצבי מובהק (עגה)‬
v. tr. - ‮עשה חריצים, חירץ, ניגן מוסיקת ג'ז קצבית‬
v. intr. - ‮ניגן מוסיקה, רקד או התנועע לקצב מוסיקה, נהנה‬

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