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# groove

«groove» in Mova's school dictionary: **a long, narrow cut or channel in a surface, like the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a groove, grooves; the groove); verb (groove, grooves, grooved, grooving — informal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A groove is a long, narrow cut or channel in a surface, like the lines on a screw or a record. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/groove/#m1)

2) (informal) A good rhythm in music that makes you want to dance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/groove/#m2)

3) (informal) To groove is to dance or move to music in a relaxed, happy way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/groove/#m3)

4) (informal) Being «in the groove» means doing something smoothly and well. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/groove/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

Used in craft and science (grooves in wood or tyres), music and everyday slang. Phrases: «in the groove», «get your groove back», «groove to the music». It tells the reader about a channel, or about rhythm and flow.

### examples

- The marble rolled along the groove in the track. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/groove/#x1)
- Tyres have grooves to grip the wet road. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/groove/#x2)
- The band found a great groove. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/groove/#x3)
- We grooved to the music at the party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/groove/#x4)
- After a slow start, she got into the groove. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/groove/#x5)
- Old records have tiny grooves that hold the sound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/groove/#x6)
- With his finger he marks out a groove in the stone table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/groove/#x7)

### note

Countable as a channel. Informal for music and dancing; adjective «groovy» is old-fashioned slang for «cool». Worn tyre grooves are dangerous in rain.

### In the corpora

- [The grooves in tyres push water away so the tyres can grip a wet road.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/85-pushes-pulls-friction-wheels/23/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «groove» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/groove/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.