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grooving

grooving is the present participle and gerund of groove.

Meaning of groove

Verb

groove (third-person singular simple present grooves, present participle grooving, simple past and past participle grooved)

  1. (transitive) To cut a groove or channel in; to form into channels or grooves; to furrow.
    • The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails, whereon my soul is grooved to run.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 37, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 186
  2. (intransitive) To perform, dance to, or enjoy rhythmic music.
    • I was just starting to groove to the band when we had to leave.

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Noun

grooving (plural groovings)

  1. A groove; a long indentation.
    • It appears that moraines and groovings, exactly resembling those of the Alpine regions, are found in all those districts.1842, Chambers's Edinburgh journal, page 4

Forms of grooving

pluralgroovings

Phrases with grooving

Words that rhyme with grooving

Questions about grooving

What does grooving mean?
Grooving means a groove; a long indentation.
What is grooving the present participle and gerund of?
Grooving is the present participle and gerund of groove.
What part of speech is grooving?
Grooving is a noun.
What is the plural of grooving?
The plural of grooving is groovings.

Words near grooving in the dictionary

  1. groovier
  2. groovies
  3. grooviest
  4. groovily
  5. grooviness
  6. grooving
  7. grooving on
  8. groovings
  9. groovitude
  10. groovy
  11. gropability

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