noun
- a long, narrow furrow or hollow cut in a surface with a tool, as the track cut in a phonograph record for the stylus to follow
- any channel or rut cut or worn in a surface
- a habitual way of doing something; settled routine
- Anat. any narrow furrow, depression, or slit occurring on the surface of an organ, esp. of bone
- Printing the indentation on the bottom of a piece of type
Origin:
ME grofe < ON grof, a pit & < MDu groeve, both akin to Ger grube, a pit, hole, ditch: for IE base see grave
transitive verb grooved, grooving
to make a groove or grooves in
intransitive verb
☆ Slang to react with empathy or enjoyment: with on, to, etc.: to groove to jazz