groef

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine, masculine) wrinkle
2. (feminine, masculine) a groove carved into an object or a joint between two pieces of wood (such as a tongue and groove joint)

Verb

singular past indicative of graven

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular) inflection of groeven:
2. (form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular) inflection of groeven:
3. (form-of, imperative) inflection of groeven:

graven

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groeven

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Concepts

groove

slot

fluting

furrow

rifling

chamfer

ditch

pit

wrinkle

hole

🕳️

rut

moat

gutter

Synonyms

sloot

greppel

cannelure

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gleuf

groeve

sleuf

voor

kuil

frons

geul

gracht

rimpel

vore

zog

sponning

keep

inkeep

kartel

inkeping

insnijding

gieuf

stortgoot

ribbel

Translations

sillon

Graben

Furche

cannelure

zanja

cava

fossé

Falte

rainure

Runzel

fossa

🕳️

ride

sulco

calha

entalhe

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɣruf/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: groeve

Inherited from Old Dutch: gruova

In summary

From Middle Dutch groeve, grove, from Old Dutch gruova, from Proto-Germanic *grōbō. Doublet of groeve.