Definition of grooved
: having or being a surface with one or more long, narrow channels or depressions : having a groove or many grooves
a grooved track grooved pavement From above, the island's grooved rocky cliffs, topped with a dark fuzz of trees along sapphire-bright coves, can seem almost sculptural.— C. J. Hughes
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The first known use of grooved was in 1793
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