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engrooves

engrooves is the third-person singular simple present indicative of engroove.

Meaning of engroove

Verb

engroove (third-person singular simple present engrooves, present participle engrooving, simple past and past participle engrooved)

  1. To fit into a groove; to channel
    • The box i is engrooved into the edge of the stock a b, so that it may move freely ...1816, Encyclopaedia Perthensis, Digitized edition, J. Brown, published 2010, page 668

Questions about engrooves

What is engrooves the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Engrooves is the third-person singular simple present indicative of engroove.

Words near engrooves in the dictionary

  1. engrieving
  2. engrimed
  3. Engrish
  4. engroove
  5. engrooved
  6. engrooves
  7. engrooving
  8. engross
  9. engross'd
  10. engrosse
  11. engrossed

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