grooved

as incarved
as inmethodical
as inaccustomed
as instreaked
as inapprove
as inscore
as inoverjoy
as indelight
as indig
as infold
as ingouge
as inhollow

Synonyms for grooved

adj incised

Word Origin & History

c.1400, "cave, mine, pit" (late 13c. in place names), from a Scandinavian source, cf. Old Norse grod "pit," or from Middle Dutch groeve "furrow, ditch," both from Proto-Germanic *grobo (cf. Old Norse grof "brook, river bed," Old High German gruoba "ditch," Gothic groba "pit, cave," Old English græf "ditch"), related to grave (n.). Sense of "long, narrow channel or furrow" is 1650s. Meaning "spiral cut in a phonograph record" is from 1902. Figurative sense of "routine" is from 1842, often deprecatory at first, "a rut."

Example Sentences for grooved

Then they put a handle on the grooved stone and fastened it with rawhide.

This was grooved in such a way as to make it seem like two separate teeth.

It looked hollow, grooved back for a distance from the point.

These boards are grooved on both sides and placed on the stairs.

We have found pieces of grooved sandstone that the later Cave-men used.

The file (not glass or sand-paper) must not be of the toothed kind, but grooved.

The upper side of the ladle handle may be grooved or convex.

There were one or two stone hammers, grooved for hafting, like the ax.

A piece of board is grooved with a jack-knife in the manner shown in the diagram.

Each side of each rail is grooved 1/8 in, to allow the leg to be recessed.

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Synonyms for grooved

carved

methodical

more methodical

most methodical

streaked

grooved

Synonyms for grooved

More words related to grooved

accustomed

carved

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