Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to groove
Participle: grooved
Gerund: grooving
Indicative
Present
| I | groove |
| you | groove |
| he;she;it | grooves |
| we | groove |
| you | groove |
| they | groove |
Perfect
| I | have grooved |
| you | have grooved |
| he;she;it | has grooved |
| we | have grooved |
| you | have grooved |
| they | have grooved |
Past
| I | grooved |
| you | grooved |
| he;she;it | grooved |
| we | grooved |
| you | grooved |
| they | grooved |
Pluperfect
| I | had grooved |
| you | had grooved |
| he;she;it | had grooved |
| we | had grooved |
| you | had grooved |
| they | had grooved |
Future
| I | will groove |
| you | will groove |
| he;she;it | will groove |
| we | will groove |
| you | will groove |
| they | will groove |
Future Perfect
| I | will have grooved |
| you | will have grooved |
| he;she;it | will have grooved |
| we | will have grooved |
| you | will have grooved |
| they | will have grooved |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | groove |
| you | groove |
| he;she;it | groove |
| we | groove |
| you | groove |
| they | groove |
Perfect
| I | have grooved |
| you | have grooved |
| he;she;it | have grooved |
| we | have grooved |
| you | have grooved |
| they | have grooved |
Imperfect
| I | grooved |
| you | grooved |
| he;she;it | grooved |
| we | grooved |
| you | grooved |
| they | grooved |
Pluperfect
| I | had grooved |
| you | had grooved |
| he;she;it | had grooved |
| we | had grooved |
| you | had grooved |
| they | had grooved |
Conditional
Present
| I | would groove |
| you | would groove |
| he;she;it | would groove |
| we | would groove |
| you | would groove |
| they | would groove |
Perfect
| I | would have grooved |
| you | would have grooved |
| he;she;it | would have grooved |
| we | would have grooved |
| you | would have grooved |
| they | would have grooved |
Imperative
| you | groove |
| we | Let's groove |
| you | groove |
Verbs conjugated like 'groove'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'groove'
grove,
drove,
engroove,
glove,
goose,
gove,
grave,
greave,
grieve,
grone,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English grov, grove, groof, grofe (“cave; pit; mining shaft”), probably from Old Norse gróf (“pit”) or from Middle Dutch groeve (“furrow, ditch”), both from Proto-West Germanic *grōbu, from Proto-Germanic *grōbō (“groove, furrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to dig, scrape, bury”).
2. Cognate with Cimbrian gruuba (“gorge, ravine”), Dutch groef, groeve (“groove; pit, grave”), German Grube (“ditch, pit”), Luxembourgish Grouf (“pit, mine”), Mòcheno gruab (“mine”), Icelandic gróf (“pit, hollow”), Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐍉𐌱𐌰 (grōba, “foxhole”), Serbo-Croatian grèbati (“scratch, dig”). Related to Old English grafan (“to dig”). More at grave. See: Old English '
grafan'.
Sample Sentences
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The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails, whereon my soul is grooved to run. [1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 37, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 186:]
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I was just starting to groove to the band when we had to leave.
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Well, I got my way of groovin' / Sitting down right in my seat / I get soul satisfaction / Yeah, without jumpin' up and down on my feet [1977, Brainstorm, “Lovin' Is Really My Game”, in Stormin':]