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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Groove

/gro͞ov/ · IPA /ɡɹuv/
01 n. A furrow, channel, or long hollow, such as may be formed by cutting, molding, grinding, the wearing force of flowing water, or constant tra…
  1. 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. 2.
    Hence: The habitual course of life, work, or affairs; fixed routine.
    “The gregarious trifling of life in the social groove.” — J. Morley.
  3. 3.
    A shaft or excavation.(Mining) [Prov. Eng.]
02 v. t. To cut a groove or channel in; to form into channels or grooves; to furrow.
imp. & p. p. Grooved; p. pr. & vb. n. Groving
  1. 1.
    To cut a groove or channel in; to form into channels or grooves; to furrow.