Groove

//ɡɹuv//

Synonyms for "groove" (263 found)

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Closest matches (53)

Strong matches (79)

cleft cleuch clough col corrugate corrugation coulee couloir counter crack cranny crease crevasse crevice cribble crimp crosshatch cut cut apart cwm

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Verb(3 words)

enjoy oneself furrow grove

Noun(1 words)

flangeway

Related words (131)

hatch hiking trail hole incise incision inscribe italic jog trot joint kloof leak letter ligature line lithograph logotype lour lower lower case majuscule

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Noun(3 words)

keyway rut vallecula

Verb(2 words)

plough rut

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

8 relation types

More general

11 entries

body part cut into delve depression dig impression imprint incise modus operandi routine turn over

Synonyms

2 entries

furrow rut

derived

33 entries

Galvayne's groove back in the groove engroove get one's groove on groove fricative groove metal groove on groove-joint pliers groovebox grooved grooveless groovelike groovemeister groover groovesome groovester

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etymologically related_to

1 entries

grave

has context

2 entries

anatomy mining

is a

4 entries

body part concave thing depression long thin object

manner of

1 entries

incise

related to

25 entries

baseball channel component depression easily engineering excavation fixed geological hit location long middle most narrow pitch

Showing 16 of 25 words.

Translations

134 translations across 30 languages.

Ancient Greek

1 entries

χολέδρα noun (long, narrow channel)

Bulgarian

4 entries

жлеб noun (long, narrow channel)
канал noun (long, narrow channel)
коловоз noun (fixed routine)
рутина noun (fixed routine)

Catalan

3 entries

galze noun (long, narrow channel)
ranura noun (long, narrow channel)
solc noun (long, narrow channel)

Czech

4 entries

drážka noun (long, narrow channel)
rutina noun (fixed routine)
rýha noun (long, narrow channel)
vyjetá kolej noun (fixed routine)

Dutch

4 entries

groove noun (pronounced, enjoyable rhythm)
inkerving noun (long, narrow channel)
routine noun (fixed routine)
schacht noun (shaft in mining)

Esperanto

4 entries

kanalo noun (long, narrow channel)
rutino noun (fixed routine)
sulko noun (long, narrow channel)
ĝuebla ritmo noun (pronounced, enjoyable rhythm)

Finnish

4 entries

svengi noun (pronounced, enjoyable rhythm)
ura noun (long, narrow channel)
ura noun (fixed routine)
uurre noun (long, narrow channel)

French

4 entries

groove noun (pronounced, enjoyable rhythm)
puits noun (shaft in mining)
rainure noun (long, narrow channel)
routine noun (fixed routine)

Galician

1 entries

groba noun (long, narrow channel)

Georgian

1 entries

ღარი noun (long, narrow channel)

German

4 entries

Ausschachtung noun (shaft in mining)
Groove noun (pronounced, enjoyable rhythm)
Nut noun (long, narrow channel)
Rille noun (long, narrow channel)

Greek

1 entries

αυλάκωση noun (long, narrow channel)

Ido

1 entries

gruvar verb (to enjoy rhythmic music)

Indonesian

3 entries

asoy noun (pronounced, enjoyable rhythm)
ceruk noun (long, narrow channel)
lombong noun (shaft in mining)

Italian

4 entries

dotto noun (shaft in mining)
groove noun (pronounced, enjoyable rhythm)
pozzo noun (shaft in mining)
ritmo accattivante noun (pronounced, enjoyable rhythm)

Japanese

3 entries

グルーヴ noun (pronounced, enjoyable rhythm)
坑 noun (shaft in mining)
溝 noun (long, narrow channel)

Korean

3 entries

갱 noun (shaft in mining)
그루브 noun (pronounced, enjoyable rhythm)
홈 noun (long, narrow channel)

Latin

2 entries

canālis noun (long, narrow channel)
stria noun (long, narrow channel)

Māori

4 entries

awa noun (long, narrow channel)
awaawa noun (long, narrow channel)
kowaka noun (long, narrow channel)
tōanga noun (long, narrow channel)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

ییو noun (long, narrow channel)

Polish

4 entries

koleina noun (long, narrow channel)
rutyna noun (fixed routine)
żleb noun (long, narrow channel)
żłobić verb (to cut a furrow into a surface)

Portuguese

4 entries

groove noun (pronounced, enjoyable rhythm)
poço noun (shaft in mining)
ranhura noun (long, narrow channel)
rotina noun (fixed routine)

Romanian

1 entries

canelură noun (long, narrow channel)

Russian

4 entries

борозда noun (long, narrow channel)
вы́рез noun (long, narrow channel)
грув noun (pronounced, enjoyable rhythm)
желобо́к noun (long, narrow channel)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

clais noun (long, narrow channel)
clais noun (fixed routine)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

kolotèčina noun (fixed routine)
žlijȇb noun (long, narrow channel)
жлије̑б noun (long, narrow channel)
колотѐчина noun (fixed routine)

Spanish

4 entries

acanaladura noun (long, narrow channel)
canal noun (long, narrow channel)
estría noun (long, narrow channel)
groove noun (pronounced, enjoyable rhythm)

Swedish

1 entries

spår noun (long, narrow channel)

Thai

1 entries

ร่อง noun (long, narrow channel)

Turkish

1 entries

yiv noun (long, narrow channel)

Sample sentences

20 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The articles of incorporation have finally been completed for our Digital Groove Club.

Source: tatoeba (329426)

The tamborim lends a very slightly uneven and highly distinctive 16th note groove to samba music.

Source: tatoeba (814505)

I'm in a groove.

Source: tatoeba (6576650)

Tongue and groove.

Source: tatoeba (6576651)

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