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Meaning of Groove | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
ɡɹuːv

Definitions

  1. 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. A fixed routine.
  3. The middle of the strike zone in baseball where a pitch is most easily hit.
  4. A pronounced, enjoyable rhythm.
  5. A good feeling (often as in the groove).
  6. A shaft or excavation.
  7. The optimal route around the track, or any of several such routes.

Equivalents

العربية الأخدود
Български жлеб канал коловоз рутина
Català galze ranura solc
Čeština drážka kolej rutina rýha zářez žlábek
Esperanto kanalo rutino sulkiĝi sulko
Gàidhlig clais
Galego groba
Bahasa Indonesia alur asoy ceruk galur kelar lombong lurah parit
日本語 グルーヴ
ქართული ღარი
한국어 그루브
Kurdî awa awa danser mana
Latina canālis stria
Te Reo Māori awa āwaawa
Nederlands groove inkerving routine schacht
Português groove poço ranhura rotina sulco
Română canelură
Svenska not spår sväng
ไทย รอง
Türkçe yiv
Українська жолоб

Examples

“Through these distresses, the Odd Girl was cheerful and exemplary. But within four hours after dark we had got into a supernatural groove, and the Odd Girl had seen “Eyes,” and was in hysterics.”
“The gregarious trifling of life in the social groove.”
“His counterpart Neil Warnock got his tactics spot on as Chelsea struggled to get into any sort of groove in the first half.”
“Now, what you hear is not a test, I'm rapping to the beat / And me, the groove, and my friends are gonna try to move your feet”
“Let the music play / He won't get away / This groove he can't ignore”
“Get into the groove / Boy, you've got to prove / Your love to me / Get up on your feet / Yeah, step to the beat”
“You can't hide forever, just decide to make it better / Turn it into something good / Remember, you can choose not to lose / Find your groove and be a winner”
“How could he be expected to make music that put the audience in a groove, he reasoned, if he wasn't grooving himself?”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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