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groove

noun
/ɡɹuːv/UK/ɡɹuv/US

Etymology

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”). Cognate with Cimbrian gruuba (“gorge, ravine”), Dutch groef, groeve (“groove; pit, grave”), German Grube (“ditch, pit”), Luxembourgish Grouf (“pit, mine”), Mòcheno gruab (“mine”), Icelandic gróf (“pit, hollow”), Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐍉𐌱𐌰 (grōba, “foxhole”), Serbo-Croatian grèbati (“scratch, dig”). Related to Old English grafan (“to dig”). More at grave.

  1. derived from *gʰrebʰ-✻ — “to dig, scrape, bury”
  2. inherited from *grōbō✻ — “groove, furrow”
  3. inherited from *grōbu✻
  4. derived from groeve — “furrow, ditch”
  5. derived from gróf — “pit”
  6. inherited from grov

Definitions

  1. A long, narrow channel or depression

    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 tire groove, or a geological channel or depression.

  2. A fixed routine.

    • Through these distresses, the Odd Girl was cheerful and exemplary. But within four hours after dark we had got into a supernatural groove, and the Odd Girl had seen “Eyes,” and was in hysterics.
    • The gregarious trifling of life in the social groove.
    • His counterpart Neil Warnock got his tactics spot on as Chelsea struggled to get into any sort of groove in the first half.

  3. The middle of the strike zone in baseball where a pitch is most easily hit.

  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. A pronounced, enjoyable rhythm.

      • Now, what you hear is not a test, I'm rapping to the beat / And me, the groove, and my friends are gonna try to move your feet
      • Let the music play / He won't get away / This groove he can't ignore
      • Get into the groove / Boy, you've got to prove / Your love to me / Get up on your feet / Yeah, step to the beat

    2. A good feeling (often as in the groove).

      • You can't hide forever, just decide to make it better / Turn it into something good / Remember, you can choose not to lose / Find your groove and be a winner
      • How could he be expected to make music that put the audience in a groove, he reasoned, if he wasn't grooving himself?

    3. A shaft or excavation.

    4. The optimal route around the track, or any of several such routes.

    5. To cut a groove or channel in

      To cut a groove or channel in; to form into channels or grooves; to furrow.

      • The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails, whereon my soul is grooved to run.

    6. To perform, dance to, or enjoy rhythmic music.

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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at groove. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at groove. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at groove

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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