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Past tense of groove

regular verb

The past tense of groove is grooved. The past participle is also grooved.

Forms of groove

Base form (V1)groove /ɡɹuːv/
Past tense (V2)grooved
Past participle (V3)grooved
Present participlegrooving
Third person singulargrooves

Grooved in a sentence

  • The chopstick-like pin on the one that snagged was ornamentally grooved, but probably not significantly tapered.2011 September 22, Richard Hagen, “CanSat Deployment Failure”, in ARLISS Flyers (Google Groups). From the entry chopstick-like
  • Ceiling joists were sometimes grooved to receive riven staves or pales that secured mud-and-straw walling.1997, Gabrielle M. Lanier, Bernard L. Herman, Everyday Architecture of the Mid-Atlantic, page 90. From the entry pale
  • An alternative is shown in which the carcase ends are grooved by routering.1952, John Hooper, Percy A. Wells, Modern Cabinetwork, Furniture and Fitments, page 132. From the entry router
  • Tongued and grooved boards ⅝ in. thick form the underdrawing for the roof.1950 September, “Fish Vans for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 583. From the entry underdrawing
  • The secret of the cutless bearing is in its inner surface of grooved olivite rubber.1923 November, Marine Engineering Log, volume 28. From the entry olivite

Meaning of groove

  1. noun A long, narrow channel or depression; e.g., such a slot cut into a hard material to provide a location for an engineering component, a tire groove, or a geological channel or depression.
  2. noun A fixed routine.
  3. noun The middle of the strike zone in baseball where a pitch is most easily hit.

Full definition of groove

Questions about the past tense of groove

What is the past tense of groove?
The past tense of groove is grooved.
What is the past participle of groove?
The past participle of groove is grooved.
Is groove a regular or irregular verb?
Groove is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: groove (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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