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grooved

American  
[groovd] / gruvd /

verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of groove.


adjective

  1. provided with a groove.

Other Word Forms

  • ungrooved adjective

Etymology

Origin of grooved

First recorded in 1785–95; groove + -ed 2

Example Sentences

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On the floors of many valleys and craters, swirling, grooved patterns reveal where icy material once moved during an earlier martian ice age.

From Science Daily

It’s yellow and blue, grooved like the skin of a pumpkin and weather-proof.

From Los Angeles Times

Inside, people grooved, tightly packed, with few masks visible.

From New York Times

He grooved the oeuvre with elements of classical music and jazz — legacies of his formative years in New York — expanding tango to a universe way beyond the dance floor.

From Los Angeles Times

Brady spent two decades running the same system in New England, then had to adjust that grooved thinking on the fly.

From Los Angeles Times