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groovegroove /ɡruːv/ ●○○ noun [countable]   grooveOrigin: 1300-1400 Dutch groeve - As the lights went down and the groove got going, people started dancing.
- The record player needle kept jumping out of the grooves.
- Then you cut a groove into the wood, so that the two pieces can be slotted together.
- I get myself in sort of a groove.
- Its blade was two-edged, and made of heavy bronze, the grooves chased like lotus stems.
- Jazzy grooves and top-class rapping; this helped invent trip-hop and all manner of other dubious things.
- The music moves from ominous grooves to all-out instrumental pummeling of the listener -- all in the same piece.
- This type of groove should be played very tight, smack on the beat at all times, but with a little bounce.
on the ground/on the surface of something► line a long thin mark on a piece of paper, the ground, or another surface: · The teacher put a red line through the first sentence.· If the ball goes over the line, it’s out of play. ► groove a thin line that has been cut into a surface: · Deep grooves had been cut into the stone to channel the water.· Lyle ran his fingernail along the groove in the table. ► rut a deep line in the ground which has been made by the wheels of vehicles: · The deep ruts made by the trucks were full of water.· The tractor’s wheels caught a rut in the field and jolted him. ► crease/wrinkle a line on clothes, material, or paper where it has been folded or crushed: · She was trying to smooth out the creases in her dress.· She had wrinkles in her skirt where she had sat. a line on the ground or on the surface of something► line · If the ball goes over this line, it's out of play.yellow line (=a yellow line painted on the street which means that you cannot park there) · Monica got a fine yesterday for parking on a yellow line. ► rut a deep line made in a dirt track by the wheels of vehicles: · The road to the farm had deep ruts in it.· The carriage became stuck in a rut, and we all had to get out and push. ► tracks lines on the ground that are left by the wheels of a vehicle: · The police were busy examining the tyre tracks of the two vehicles which were involved in the accident.· We followed the tracks down a lane and arrived at an abandoned farmhouse. ► groove a thin line that has been cut into a surface, for example on a record: · The record player needle kept jumping out of the grooves.· Then you cut a groove into the wood, so that the two pieces can be slotted together. ► furrow one of many long lines which have been dug in a field in order to plant crops: · All around the furrows in the fields were filled with snow. ADJECTIVE► deep· It was darker in the deep groove of the track that led down the Ridgery.· Melodies tend to evolve out of deep grooves.· Its trunk was almost black; thick fungus and moss grew in the deep grooves in the bark.· When speeding along it is folded and lies in a deep groove along the back. ► major· The 25° bends centred on the repressor sites correspond to compression of the major groove around the bound proteins. ► minor· Arginine 40 and 40' extend from the A helices towards the minor groove, and contact phosphates G10' and G2. VERB► get· Some of the movie gets in a groove, and a lot seems like mere noodling.· Their first day on the set was to get back in the groove again.· The point was to get this groove I always had a feel for.· I needed to get back into the groove of things. 1a thin line cut into a hard surface:  The bolt slid easily into the groove. a shallow groove cut into the cliff2be stuck in a groove to do something in the same way for a long time so that it becomes boring: Our product range was stuck in a groove.3informal the beat of a piece of popular music: a hypnotic dub groove |