Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a groove or grooves; channeled; furrowed.
- Specifically — In botany, marked with longitudinal ridges or furrows: as, a grooved stem.
- In entomology, having a longitudinal channel or channels: as, a grooved sternum; the beak of a weevil grooved for the reception of the antennæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective having grooves.
- adjective marked by thin parallel marks or channels.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
groove . - adjective Having
grooves
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective established as if settled into a groove or rut
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Examples
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The other issue is whether the pumpkin has a smooth surface or whether it has a "grooved"
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And then a bunch of other music and we just kind of grooved and danced.
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Baraka's jewellery selection offers a spread of other creations such as grooved and sleek finger rings in stainless steel with a 'thread' of pink gold running through their centre, a black stainless steel and 18k pink gold ring 'punctuated' with screws and pieces combining gold, natural rubber and high-tech ceramic.
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· MIDI and audio can be 'grooved' in real-time and the level modulated by cc.
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The back cover also has an attractive 'grooved' wave pattern which is actually flat!
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God is a sensual experience that the mystics grooved on getting high with.
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The fashion world then, like now, grooved on the legend of these episodes
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He mopped his brow with a red handkerchief, and she noticed the last two fingers of his right hand were gone; deep teeth marks were grooved into his remaining flesh.
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We were just scratching the surface of this conundrum when Soriano grooved a 3–2 fastball over the center of the plate.
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The fashion world then, like now, grooved on the legend of these episodes
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