groove
noun
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
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)
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Sense 2 verb
make a groove in, or provide with a groove
groove a vinyl record
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Sense 3 noun
a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape
they fell into a conversational rut
Types & categories
- routine hypernym
Sense 4 verb
hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove
furrow soil
Types & categories
- dig hypernym
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Sense 5 noun
(anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part
Types & categories
- body part hypernym
- costal groove hyponym
- fissure hyponym
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | furrow |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | groove |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | imprint |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dado |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fluting |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | quirk |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rabbet |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | track |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rut |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stria |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | washout |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | grooving |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | groover |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | groove |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | incise |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dado |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | mill |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | routine |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | furrow |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | vallecula |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | groove |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | rut |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | dig |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | furrow |
| 5 | domain topic | Related & opposite | anatomy |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | body part |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | costal groove |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | fissure |