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GROOM definition: 1. to clean an animal, often by brushing its fur: 2. (of an animal) to use its tongue or paws…. Learn more.
1. : to clean and maintain the appearance of (an animal) especially : to maintain the health and condition of the coat of (a horse, dog, etc.) by brushing, combing, currying, or similar attention. 2. : to make neat or attractive.
GROOM definition: 1. to prepare someone carefully for a special position or job: 2. to clean and brush an animal's…. Learn more.
to condition or manipulate (a victim) emotionally over time, as through friendship, gifts, flattery, etc., in order to entrap the person in a sexually abusive or predatory relationship.
groom something (of an animal) to clean the fur or skin of another animal or itself. a female ape grooming her mate. to prepare or train somebody for an important job or position. groom somebody (for/as something) Our junior employees are being groomed for more senior roles.
A groom is someone whose job is to look after the horses in a stable and to keep them clean.
The process whereby one part of speech is derived from the other, but without adding a suffix or making any other alteration to the original form, is known variously as conversion or zero derivation.
Noun. Verb. Filter. noun. grooms. A person whose work is tending, feeding, and currying horses. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A man who is about to be married or has recently been married. American Heritage. Similar definitions. Any of certain officials of the British royal household. Webster's New World. Similar definitions.
groom somebody (of a person who is sexually attracted to children) to prepare a child for a meeting, especially using an Internet chat room, with the intention of performing an illegal sexual act. See groom in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Check pronunciation: groom.
Check pronunciation: groom. Definition of groom noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
