- groove
- I(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)II(Roget's IV) n.Syn. channel, trench, gouge, depression, score, scratch, canal, valley, notch, furrow, crimp, rut, incision, slit, scallop, chamfer, gutter, fluting, corrugation, corduroy, pucker, ditch, crease, crimp, vallecula.• in the groove*,Syn. efficient, skillful, operative; see working .III(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.1. channel score, rut, furrow, canal, cut, striation, scratch, flute, trench, indentation, line.2. rut habit, routine, custom, *same old thing.IV(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun Slang. A habitual, laborious, often tiresome course of action: routine, rut1, treadmill. Informal: grind. See USUAL.
English dictionary for students. 2013.