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Meanings of grooved in English

Established as if settled into a groove or rut.

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Examples for "well-grooved"
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Leicester are a very good, well-grooved team playing with craft and ruthless will.
The Guardian
2
Soon Madame Grundy does his thinking for him, along well-grooved lines.
The Vision Splendid
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True to form this Brazil squad carry themselves, for now, like a beautifully well-grooved machine.
The Guardian
4
Swift lateral passing between two well-grooved midfield units has been key to United's fine results recently.
The Guardian
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And everything that was done on the Farm was done in just such well-grooved ruts of habit.
The Heart of Arethusa
Usage of grooved in English
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In the event it was Spurs' brilliantly grooved team that imposed itself.
The Guardian
2
And they have a grooved sole, which makes them easier to clear.
The Irish Times
3
Rude hammer-stones, some with notches at the sides, others without; none grooved.
Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the India...
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On another occasion we used Mills grenades with a grooved base plug.
"Over There" with the Australians
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The round belted ball for this heavy two-grooved rifle weighs three ounces.
The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon
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But it's not that easy once you've grained and grooved bad habits.
The Guardian
7
A small grooved ax, formed of a coarse textured stone, resembling diorite.
Illustrated Catalogue of a Portion of the Collections Made Durin...
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Next, machine-washable seat covers and a grooved headrest to accommodate a ponytail.
The Irish Times
9
Bob, however, unearthed a fragment on which ran a single grooved mark.
The Rules of the Game
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They were scattered everywhere, like grooved coins or fish scales or dust.
The Scar
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His face is pale, his young face grooved with lines of worry.
The red queen
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Why do we ply our trade in a certain grooved way?
The Guardian
13
The shell is thin, white; with a pale brown and deeply grooved escutcheon
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of...
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The backs are half inch stuff, tongued and grooved and put in horizontally.
A Library Primer
15
Living was grooved into place for a remarkably fit and healthy 97 years.
The Guardian
16
The floors were beat-up hardwood, deeply grooved and darkened with age.
The story of edgar sawtelle
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