Ingroove
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To form a groove in. transitive
"The fine sand, the cylindrical stones of the gravel-bed, perhaps also the compact andd tough ice itself, polish the angular crystals, grind the polished surfaces, and so powerful is the pressure, by which these scratches are ingrooved, that even the quartz-veins of the rocks are not excempt from them."
- 2 To connect or fit together by fitting into a groove; to slot in.
"So let the change which comes be free To ingroove itself with that, which flies"
Example
More examples"The fine sand, the cylindrical stones of the gravel-bed, perhaps also the compact andd tough ice itself, polish the angular crystals, grind the polished surfaces, and so powerful is the pressure, by which these scratches are ingrooved, that even the quartz-veins of the rocks are not excempt from them."
Etymology
From in- + groove.
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