English Online Dictionary. What means groove? What does groove mean?
English
Etymology
From Middle English grov, grove, groof, grofe (“cave; pit; mining shaft”), from Old English grōf (“trench, furrow, something dug”), from Proto-West Germanic *grōbu, from Proto-Germanic *grōbō (“groove, furrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to dig, scrape, bury”). Cognate with Dutch groef, groeve (“groove; pit, grave”), German Grube (“ditch, pit”), Norwegian grov (“brook, riverbed”), Serbo-Croatian grèbati (“scratch, dig”). Directly descended from Old English grafan (“to dig”). More at grave.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɡɹuːv/
- (US) IPA(key): /ɡɹuv/
- Rhymes: -uːv
Noun
groove (plural grooves)
- A long, narrow channel or depression; e.g., such a slot cut into a hard material to provide a location for an engineering component, a tyre groove, or a geological channel or depression.
- Antonym: ridge
- A fixed routine.
- The middle of the strike zone in baseball where a pitch is most easily hit.
- (music) A pronounced, enjoyable rhythm.
- (dated, informal) A good feeling (often as in the groove).
- (mining) A shaft or excavation.
- (motor racing) A racing line, 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)
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
groove (third-person singular simple present grooves, present participle grooving, simple past and past participle grooved)
- (transitive) To cut a groove or channel in; to form into channels or grooves; to furrow.
- (intransitive) To perform, dance to, or enjoy rhythmic music.
Derived terms
- groove on
- grooved
- groover
- ungrooved
Translations
Anagrams
- go over, overgo
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʁuv/
Noun
groove m (plural grooves)
- groove (fixed routine)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɾub/ [ˈɡɾuβ̞]
- Rhymes: -ub
Noun
groove m (plural grooves)
- groove (music style)