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Webster 1913 Edition

Groove

Groove

,
Noun.
[D.
groef
,
groeve
; akin to E.
grove
. See
Grove
.]
1.
A furrow, channel, or long hollow, such as may be formed by cutting, molding, grinding, the wearing force of flowing water, or constant travel; a depressed way; a worn path; a rut.
2.
Hence: The habitual course of life, work, or affairs; fixed routine.
The gregarious trifling of life in the social
groove
.
J. Morley.
3.
[See
Grove
.]
(Mining)
A shaft or excavation.
[Prov. Eng.]

Groove

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Grooved
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Groving
.]
To cut a groove or channel in; to form into channels or grooves; to furrow.

Webster 1828 Edition

Groove

GROOVE

,
Noun.
groov.
1.
A furrow, channel, or long hollow cut by a tool. Among joiners, a channel in the edge of a molding, style or rail.
2.
Among miners, a shaft or pit sunk into the earth.

GROOVE

,
Verb.
T.
To cut a channel with an edged tool; to furrow.

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