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Groove is an English word with synonyms like rut or delve. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Groove in a sentence

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Groove meaning

  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.

Synonyms of Groove

rut cut into delve dig furrow incise body part vallecula modus operandi routine imprint impression depression channel turn over

Using Groove

  • The main meaning on this page is: 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. | A fixed routine. | The middle of the strike zone in baseball where a pitch is most easily hit.
  • Useful related words include: rut, cut into, delve, dig.
  • In the example corpus, groove often appears in combinations such as: the groove, groove and, their groove.

Context around Groove

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 30.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 7 start, 7 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Groove

  • In this selection, "groove" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 30.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, major, minor, record, means, period and spacing stand out and add context to how "groove" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include in a groove at the and of the groove. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "groove" sits close to words such as administer, constantine and convict, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with groove

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Every December, the music and party scene gets into its groove. (11 words)

After knocking "a fair bit of rust out" on Thursday, Flanagan found his groove. (14 words)

But the storytelling on this album-closing track is first-rate, and so is the groove. (16 words)

One groove, the major groove, is 22 Å wide and the other, the minor groove, is 12 Å wide. citation The width of the major groove means that the edges of the bases are more accessible in the major groove than in the minor groove. (45 words)

There’s a rolling disc with a groove on its perimeter with a wooden handle that greatly simplifies getting the otherwise quite annoying piping firmly squeezed into its groove (again, assuming you bought the right size piping!) I HAD to have it. (42 words)

Photomicrograph of the groove in a CD-R disc The polycarbonate disc contains a spiral groove, called the "pregroove" (because it is molded in before data are written to the disc), to guide the laser beam upon writing and reading information. (41 words)

Example sentences (20)

One groove, the major groove, is 22 Å wide and the other, the minor groove, is 12 Å wide. citation The width of the major groove means that the edges of the bases are more accessible in the major groove than in the minor groove.

Arm systems The tone arm (or tonearm) holds the pickup cartridge over the groove, the stylus tracking the groove with the desired force to give the optimal compromise between good tracking and minimizing wear of the stylus and record groove.

There’s a rolling disc with a groove on its perimeter with a wooden handle that greatly simplifies getting the otherwise quite annoying piping firmly squeezed into its groove (again, assuming you bought the right size piping!) I HAD to have it.

Photomicrograph of the groove in a CD-R disc The polycarbonate disc contains a spiral groove, called the "pregroove" (because it is molded in before data are written to the disc), to guide the laser beam upon writing and reading information.

Scholar Alan F. Dixson stated that this urine "is voided at the bases of the clitoris, flows down the shallow groove on its perineal surface, and is held by the skin folds on each side of the groove".

Sequence specificity Homeodomains can bind both specifically and nonspecifically to B-DNA with the C-terminal recognition helix aligning in the DNA's major groove and the unstructured peptide "tail" at the N-terminus aligning in the minor groove.

The groove period must be on the order of the wavelength of interest; the spectral range covered by a grating is dependent on groove spacing and is the same for ruled and holographic gratings with the same grating constant.

The nostrils are located on the dorsal surface of the snout, while the eyes and ears are located in a groove set just back from it; this groove is closed when swimming.

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The right coronary artery runs in a groove at the back of the heart and the left anterior descending artery runs in a groove at the front.

These were more sensitive, and offered greater compliance, that is, lack of resistance to movement and so increased ability to follow the undulations of the groove without gross distorting or jumping out of the groove.

The tongue and groove on one side is perpendicular to the tongue and groove on the other.

After knocking "a fair bit of rust out" on Thursday, Flanagan found his groove.

After losing Conway just after the first powerplay, Rachin ensured the returning Williamson got the time he needed to find his groove.

After struggling to find a groove amid high expectations following his impressive rookie season, the second-year safety from Penn State has been making a bigger impact in recent games — including 17 tackles against the Lions on Sunday.

Boss of iconic music store tells how record revival has put it back into the groove: I took on streaming.

But the storytelling on this album-closing track is first-rate, and so is the groove.

Emphasizing vocals, groove and pocket, the band covers a select blend of old and new, with a healthy dose of collective style and character; 6 p.m. Saturday, Bootstrap Brewing Company, 142 Pratt St., Longmont; bootstrapbrewing.

Even when Waynesfield-Goshen was holding off Mississinawa Valley for awhile in the second quarter, the Blackhawks kept their cool and started to find their groove again.

Every December, the music and party scene gets into its groove.

For those who want to hear the albums’ live premiere, American Buffalo Ghost will be performing at Groove Brewing 2.0 in Scranton on Friday, Jan.

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Common combinations with groove

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "groove" in a sentence?
An example: "One groove, the major groove, is 22 Å wide and the other, the minor groove, is 12 Å wide. citation The width of the major groove means that the edges of the bases are more accessible in the major groove than in the minor groove." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "groove" from authentic English texts.
What does "groove" mean?
Groove means: 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.
What are synonyms of "groove"?
Common synonyms of "groove" include: rut, cut into, delve, dig, furrow, incise, body part, vallecula. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "groove" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "groove", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.