groove

CEFRC1

/ɡɹuːv/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A long narrow cut or a strong feeling of rhythm.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A fixed routine.

Examples

  • The articles of incorporation have finally been completed for our Digital Groove Club.

  • We'll get back in the groove of things before long.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • /ɡɹuv/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

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

  2. 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.

  3. A pronounced, enjoyable rhythm.

More examples

In context

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

  • I'm in a groove.

  • The gregarious trifling of life in the social groove.

Antonyms

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Origin

noun

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.