The meaning of Groove

noun

An artificial waterway constructed to allow the passage of boats or ships inland or to convey water for irrigation.

Usage examples:

They travelled on by canal

noun

A length of water wider than a strait, joining two larger areas of water, especially two seas.

Usage examples:

The bay includes saltmarsh, shallow and open water, tidal channels, mudflats and numerous islands, …

verb

Direct towards a particular end or object.

Usage examples:

The council is to channel public funds into training schemes

noun

A passage for water or other liquids to flow along, or a part of a river or other area of water that is deep and wide enough to provide a route for ships to travel along

Usage examples:

The english channel, she switched to another channel to watch the news., we’ve established a regula…

verb

Make an opening, incision, or wound in (something) with a sharp-edged tool or object.

Usage examples:

He cut his toe on a sharp stone

noun

A stroke or blow given by a sharp-edged implement or by a whip or cane.

Usage examples:

He could skin an animal with a single cut of the knife

verb

Separate with or as if with an instrument

noun

The action of cutting something.

Usage examples:

The cutting of the cake

adjective

Capable of cutting something.

Usage examples:

The cutting blades of the hedge trimmer

verb

Make an opening, incision, or wound in (something) with a sharp-edged tool or object.

Usage examples:

He cut his toe on a sharp stone

noun

A long, narrow opening or line of breakage made by cracking or splitting, especially in rock or earth.

Usage examples:

The bacteria survive around vents or fissures in the deep ocean floor

verb

Split or crack (something) to form a long, narrow opening.

Usage examples:

The dry years had cracked and fissured the cliffs

noun

A deep crack, esp. one in rock or ice or in the ground

noun

A long, narrow trench made in the ground by a plough, especially for planting seeds or irrigation.

Usage examples:

Regular furrows in a ploughed field

verb

Make a rut, groove, or trail in (the ground or the surface of something).

Usage examples:

Gorges furrowing the deep-sea floor

noun

A long, narrow cut or fold in the surface of something

Usage examples:

The plow sped along the furrow, turning over the earth., he tried to smooth the furrow out of his j…

verb

Make (a groove, hole, or indentation) with or as with a sharp tool or blade.

Usage examples:

The channel had been gouged out by the ebbing water

noun

A chisel with a concave blade, used in carpentry, sculpture, and surgery.

Usage examples:

A chisel, two gouges, jewelers' shears, and the plane blade were made in sheffield.

verb

An impression in a surface, as made by a blow

verb

Reduce (something) to small particles or powder by crushing it.

Usage examples:

Grind some black pepper over the salad

noun

A crushing or grating sound or motion.

Usage examples:

The crunch and grind of bulldozers

noun

Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading

noun

A shallow trough fixed beneath the edge of a roof for carrying off rainwater.

Usage examples:

I recall considering grabbing the gutter on the roof edge as it rose past me, but doubted it would …

verb

(of a candle or flame) flicker and burn unsteadily.

Usage examples:

The candle flickered, and after a moment, the little flame guttered out.

noun

A channel at the lower edge of a roof for carrying away rain, or a side of a road that is lower than the center of the road, where water and garbage collects

Usage examples:

Every fall we have to clean leaves out of the gutters., the campaign went right into the gutter onc…

noun

A settled or regular tendency or practice, especially one that is hard to give up.

Usage examples:

He has an annoying habit of interrupting me

verb

Be dressed or clothed.

Usage examples:

A boy habited as a serving lad

noun

A particular act or way of acting that you tend to do regularly

Usage examples:

[ u ] judy is in the habit of sleeping late on sundays., [ u ] i have the habit of checking my e-ma…

adjective

Having a hole or empty space inside.

Usage examples:

A hollow metal tube

noun

A hole or depression in something.

Usage examples:

A hollow at the base of a large tree

verb

Form by making a hole.

Usage examples:

A tunnel was hollowed out in a mountain range

noun

The action of indenting or the state of being indented.

Usage examples:

Paragraphs are marked off by indentation

noun

A part of a surface that curves inward

Usage examples:

If a surgeon takes out too much fat, he may leave indentations in the skin.

noun

A step-shaped recess cut along the edge or in the face of a piece of wood, typically forming a match to the edge or tongue of another piece; a rebate.

Usage examples:

A rabbet joint

verb

Make a rebate in (a piece of wood).

noun

A partial refund to someone who has paid too much for tax, rent, or a utility.

Usage examples:

The scheme eases the move to the council tax by giving rebates in the first year

verb

Pay back (a sum of money) as a rebate.

Usage examples:

The government rebates part of your own and your employer's national insurance contributions into t…

verb

Make a rebate in (a piece of wood).

Usage examples:

You can use it for rebating

noun

A sequence of actions regularly followed.

Usage examples:

I settled down into a routine of work and sleep

adjective

Performed as part of a regular procedure rather than for a special reason.

Usage examples:

The ministry insisted that this was just a routine annual drill

verb

Organize according to a routine.

Usage examples:

All had been routined with smoothness

noun

A long deep track made by the repeated passage of the wheels of vehicles.

Usage examples:

A stretch of road made impassable by ruts, holes, or waterlogging

verb

(of a deer or other mammal) engage in the rut or annual period of sexual activity.

Usage examples:

Researchers say the deer are rutting earlier

noun

A narrow channel, esp. one that has been unintentionally cut into the ground by a wheel

noun

The number of points, goals, runs, etc. achieved in a game or by a team or an individual.

Usage examples:

The final score was 4–3 to royston

verb

Gain (a point, goal, run, etc.) in a competitive game.

Usage examples:

Mccartney scored a fine goal

verb

A number that expresses accomplishment in a game or contest

noun

A line where two pieces of fabric are sewn together in a garment or other article.

Usage examples:

He turned to the foreman and said, ‘the patterns of the side seams on these coats do not match.’

verb

Sew the seam of or join with a seam.

Usage examples:

Our stockings are seamed by hand

noun

A large wheel turned by the weight of people or animals treading on steps fitted into its inner surface, formerly used to drive machinery.

Usage examples:

Where humans worked against gravity, as they did inside cage wheels and upon treadmills, we can cal…

noun

A machine for exercising on which you run or walk on a strip that moves back, so that you must move at the same speed as the strip

Usage examples:

She works out on a treadmill., my life has been a treadmill lately.

noun

A long, narrow ditch.

Usage examples:

Dig a trench around the perimeter of the fire

verb

Dig a trench or trenches in (the ground).

Usage examples:

She trenched the terrace to a depth of 6 feet

noun

A narrow channel dug into the ground

Usage examples:

I dug a trench around the tent to keep rain water from getting in.

noun

A long, narrow open container for animals to eat or drink out of.

Usage examples:

A water trough

verb

Eat greedily.

Usage examples:

The culprit turned out to be my dog, caught red-handed troughing into the berries when she thought …

noun

A narrow, open box to hold water or food for animals

Usage examples:

Investors have to live through stock market troughs.