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By meaning 2
to cut a furrow into a surface:
to enjoy rhythmic music:

Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To cut a groove or channel in; to form into channels or grooves; to furrow.

    einkerben, auskehlen, nuten

    hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove

  2. (intransitive)To perform, dance to, or enjoy rhythmic music.

    I was just starting to groove to the band when we had to leave.

    grooven

Origin

From Middle English grov, grove, groof, grofe (“cave; pit; mining shaft”), probably from O

From Middle English grov, grove, groof, grofe (“cave; pit; mining shaft”), probably from Old Norse gróf (“pit”) or from Middle Dutch groeve (“furrow, ditch”), both from Proto-West Germanic *grōbu, from Proto-Germanic *grōbō (“groove, furrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to dig, scrape, bury”).

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Forms

grooves, grooving, grooved, grooved

regular · Lesson

Base formgroove · to groove
3rd person singulargrooves
Present participlegrooving
Past simplegrooved
Past participlegrooved

Tenses

groove · grooved · will groove · have grooved

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygroove
he, she, itgrooves

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave grooved
he, she, ithas grooved

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill groove

Past simpleLesson

all personsgrooved

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove:furrowrut

Word family

6 related words
Relatedgroovergrooving
Derivedgroovedgroove onregrooveungrooved

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
grokgroomB1groomergroovygrope

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