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groove
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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 [grĂ¼v]
(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.

groove
A long narrow cut in the edge or face of a wood member; a groove across the grain is a dado; one parallel with the grain is a plow.


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AFTER a below-par run at Nad Al Sheba on Thursday from stable star Salaam Dubai, trainer Adi Selvaratnam was back in the groove yesterday at Jebel Ali, where Comandante Xara landed the feature 5f event, writes Jason Ford.
Lay grocery string in the grooves, coat with white glue, and let dry.
With a paper towel, wipe the paint from the surface, leaving the paint only in the grooves.
 
 
 
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