Definition of Grooves

1. Noun. (plural of groove) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of groove) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Grooves

1. groove [v] - See also: groove

Lexicographical Neighbors of Grooves

groove fricative
groove fricatives
groove of crus of the helix
groove of greater petrosal nerve
groove of lesser petrosal nerve
groove of lung for subclavian artery
groove of nail matrix
groove of pterygoid hamulus
groove sign
grooved
grooveless
groovelike
groover
groovers
grooves (current term)
groovesome
groovester
groovesters
groovier
grooviest
groovily
grooviness
grooving
groovings
groovy
gropable
grope for
gropeable

Literary usage of Grooves

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Field Geology by Frederic Henry Lahee (1917)
"Scratches, grooves, and Ribs.—Under the head of primary grooves and ribs may ... Some secondary grooves are the product of scouring and others are made by ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"in the patent as being used for cutting tongues, grooves, mortises, etc. Cutting grooves or mortises or tongues, by the Newton rotary disc, is merely sawing ..."

3. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: Containing a Clear Exposition by Andrew Ure (1844)
"They contain from 5 to 7 grooves, commonly of an elliptical form, one smaller than another in regular progression, as is seen in fig. 597. ..."

4. Military Commission to Europe in 1855 and 1856: Report of Major Alfred by Alfred Mordecai, Julius Schön, Josiah Gorgas (1861)
"The progressive grooves are those which are deeper at the breech than at the muzzle, where they almost disappear ; but they preserve an uniform twist ..."

5. A Handbook of the Petroleum Industry by David Talbot Day (1922)
"(r) To distribute oil from the grooves und chambers over the bearing surface. ... If a bearing which is equipped with shallow, narrow grooves heats slightly ..."

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