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Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : groovd
Phonetic Transcription : gruvd



Definition of grooved

Origin :
  • c.1400, "cave, mine, pit" (late 13c. in place names), from a Scandinavian source, cf. Old Norse grod "pit," or from Middle Dutch groeve "furrow, ditch," both from Proto-Germanic *grobo (cf. Old Norse grof "brook, river bed," Old High German gruoba "ditch," Gothic groba "pit, cave," Old English græf "ditch"), related to grave (n.). Sense of "long, narrow channel or furrow" is 1650s. Meaning "spiral cut in a phonograph record" is from 1902. Figurative sense of "routine" is from 1842, often deprecatory at first, "a rut."
  • As in carved : adj incised
  • As in methodical : adj organized
  • As in accustomed : adj be or become prepared, used to
  • As in streaked : adj having streaks
  • As in approve : verb allow, authorize
  • As in score : verb cut, nick
  • As in overjoy : verb delight
  • As in delight : verb make happy; experience happiness
  • As in dig : verb enjoy, like
  • As in fold : verb lay in creases
  • As in gouge : verb cut, scoop
  • As in hollow : verb empty out; make concave
Example sentences :
  • Then they put a handle on the grooved stone and fastened it with rawhide.
  • Extract from : « Myths and Legends of the Great Plains » by Unknown
  • This was grooved in such a way as to make it seem like two separate teeth.
  • Extract from : « Old-Time Makers of Medicine » by James J. Walsh
  • It looked hollow, grooved back for a distance from the point.
  • Extract from : « Cat and Mouse » by Ralph Williams
  • These boards are grooved on both sides and placed on the stairs.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888 » by Various
  • We have found pieces of grooved sandstone that the later Cave-men used.
  • Extract from : « The Later Cave-Men » by Katharine Elizabeth Dopp
  • The file (not glass or sand-paper) must not be of the toothed kind, but grooved.
  • Extract from : « The Repairing & Restoration of Violins » by Horace Petherick
  • The upper side of the ladle handle may be grooved or convex.
  • Extract from : « Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 » by Jesse Walter Fewkes
  • There were one or two stone hammers, grooved for hafting, like the ax.
  • Extract from : « Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 » by Jesse Walter Fewkes
  • A piece of board is grooved with a jack-knife in the manner shown in the diagram.
  • Extract from : « The Hoosier School-boy » by Edward Eggleston
  • Each side of each rail is grooved 1/8 in, to allow the leg to be recessed.
  • Extract from : « Mission Furniture » by H. H. Windsor

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