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Noun groove has 3 senses

groove, channel - a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)
--₁ is a kind of depression, impression, imprint
--₁ has particulars:
dado; flute, fluting; quirk; rabbet, rebate; track; rut; stria, striation; washout

Derived forms: verb groove₂, verb groove₁
rut, groove - a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape; "they fell into a conversational rut"
--₂ is a kind of routine, modus operandi
groove, vallecula - (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part
--₃ is a kind of body part
--₃ has particulars: costal groove; fissure
Derived form: verb groove₂

Verb groove has 2 senses

groove - make a groove in, or provide with a groove; "groove a vinyl record"
--₁ is one way to incise

Derived forms: noun groove₁, noun groover₁, noun grooving₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
furrow, rut, groove - hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove; "furrow soil"
--₂ is one way to dig, delve, cut into, turn over

Derived forms: noun groove₁, noun groove₃
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something