meaning of groove
1. A furrow, channel, or long hollow, such as may be formed by cutting, molding, grinding, the wearing force of flowing water, or constant travel; a depressed way; a worn path; a rut.
2. Hence: The habitual course of life, work, or affairs; fixed routine.
3. A shaft or excavation.
4. To cut a groove or channel in; to form into channels or grooves; to furrow.
5. a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape; "they fell into a conversational
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