engroove

E1N1G2R1O1O1V4E1

verb

To fit into a groove; to channel

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Meanings

verbengroove (third-person singular simple present engrooves, present participle engrooving, simple past and past participle engrooved)

present singular third person engrooves · participle present engrooving · participle past engrooved · past engrooved

  1. To fit into a groove; to channel

    The box i is engrooved into the edge of the stock a b, so that it may move freely ...

    1816, Encyclopaedia Perthensis, Digitized edition, J. Brown, published 2010, page 668
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    The boy had forgotten that the moor just here was broken by a narrow glen, engrooved with sliding water.

    1880, RD Blackmore, Mary Anerley, HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2006

    I would like sometimes to rest, to be at peace, to choose a nook, a love, and engroove myself in it — to make a final selection.

    1992, Anaïs Nin, Incest: From a Journal of Love, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, →ISBN, page 25

Origin

From en- + groove.

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APA

engroove. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/engroove

MLA

“engroove.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/engroove. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “engroove,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/engroove.

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