groove

Noun
  1. 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) (synset 113916479)
    is a type of: depression, impression, imprint - a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
    subtypes:
    • dado - a rectangular groove cut into a board so that another piece can fit into it
    • flute, fluting - a groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column)
    • quirk - a narrow groove beside a beading
    • rabbet, rebate - a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together
    • track - a groove on a phonograph recording
    • rut - a groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels)
    • stria, striation - any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as: the scratches left by a glacier on rocks or the streaks or ridges in muscle tissue
    • washout - the channel or break produced by erosion of relatively soft soil by water
    same as: channel
  2. A settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape (synset 101028686)
    "they fell into a conversational rut"
    is a type of: modus operandi, routine - an unvarying or habitual method or procedure
    same as: rut
  3. (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part (synset 105229884)
    referred to in: anatomy, general anatomy - the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
    is a type of: body part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity
    subtypes:
    • costal groove - groove between the ribs where the nerves and blood vessels are
    • fissure - (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes
    same as: vallecula
Verb
  1. Make a groove in, or provide with a groove (synset 201460118)
    "groove a vinyl record"
    is a type of: incise - make an incision into by carving or cutting
    subtypes:
    • dado - cut a dado into or fit into a dado
    • mill - produce a ridge around the edge of
  2. Hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove (synset 201279995)
    "furrow soil"
    is a type of: cut into, delve, dig, turn over - turn up, loosen, or remove earth
    same as: furrow, rut

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