Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A system of grooves; the act or method of making grooves, or of providing with grooves.
  • noun The forming of grooves in boilers at places where very rapid deterioration of the metal takes place, particularly at the laps of the riveted joints.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act of forming a groove or grooves; a groove, or collection of grooves.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb Present participle of groove.
  • noun A groove; a long indentation.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the cutting of spiral grooves on the inside of the barrel of a firearm

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Examples

  • But they hadn't done the grooving, which is something that they do to the runways to increase grip for planes.

    CNN Transcript Jul 17, 2007 2007

  • But they hadn't done the grooving, which is something that they do to the runways to increase grip for planes.

    CNN Transcript Jul 17, 2007 2007

  • Please understand that I really like "Kashmir" and was kind of grooving to the possibility of a Kashmir-ish "Ring of Fire," until Adam started to sing.

    Adam Lambert sings "Ring of Fire." Ann Althouse 2009

  • In general, without the previous 45 minutes of "grooving" you can forget those advanced poses, unless you want to hurt yourself.

    Exanding the 5MM Steven Barnes 2007

  • Other airport upgrades, such as grooving the runway to accommodate landing larger jets in wet weather, are to be made with the additional $125,000 each from the city and county.

    theleafchronicle.com - Local News 2010

  • Other airport upgrades, such as grooving the runway to accommodate landing larger jets in wet weather, are to be made with the additional $125,000 each from the city and county.

    theleafchronicle.com - Local News 2010

  • Other airport upgrades, such as grooving the runway to accommodate landing larger jets in wet weather, are to be made with the additional $125,000 each from the city and county.

    theleafchronicle.com - Local News 2010

  • Other airport upgrades, such as grooving the runway to accommodate landing larger jets in wet weather, are to be made with the additional $125,000 each from the city and county.

    theleafchronicle.com - Local News 2010

  • Other airport upgrades, such as grooving the runway to accommodate landing larger jets in wet weather, are to be made with the additional $125,000 each from the city and county.

    theleafchronicle.com - Local News 2010

  • Other airport upgrades, such as grooving the runway to accommodate landing larger jets in wet weather, are to be made with the additional $125,000 each from the city and county.

    theleafchronicle.com - Local News 2010

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