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engrooving

engrooving is the present participle and gerund 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 engrooving

What is engrooving the present participle and gerund of?
Engrooving is the present participle and gerund of engroove.

Words near engrooving in the dictionary

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

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