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groove 1. the spiral channel, usually V-shaped, in a gramophone record 2. Anatomy any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part; sulcus 3. Mountaineering a shallow fissure in a rock face or between two rock faces, forming an angle of more than 120? 4. in the groove Jazz playing well and apparently effortlessly, with a good beat, etc. groove [grüv] (biochemistry) Any of a group of depressions in the double helix of deoxyribonucleic acid that are believed to be sites occupied by nuclear proteins. (design engineering) A long, narrow channel in a surface. (geology) Glaciated marks of large size on rock. (ordnance) One of the spiral depressions in the rifling of a gun to impart a spinning motion to a projectile which stabilizes it in flight. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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One is not even made wet by the rain nor cold by the frost; while death, instead of stalking about grewsome and accidental, becomes a prearranged pageant, moving along a well-oiled groove to the family vault, where the hinges are kept from rusting and the dust from the air is swept continually away. I don't suppose you know what it is to get into a groove and long to get out of it and not have the pluck. I liked the picture of him starting at the age of forty-seven, when most men have already settled comfortably in a groove, for a new world. |
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