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groom

  [groom, groom]
–noun
1. a bridegroom.
2. a man or boy in charge of horses or the stable.
3. any of several officers of the English royal household.
4. Archaic. a manservant.
–verb (used with object)
5. to tend carefully as to person and dress; make neat or tidy.
6. to clean, brush, and otherwise tend (a horse, dog, etc.).
7. to prepare for a position, election, etc.: The mayor is being groomed for the presidency.
8. (of an animal) to tend (itself or another) by removing dirt, parasites, or specks of other matter from the fur, skin, feathers, etc.: often performed as a social act.
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Origin:
1175–1225; ME grom boy, groom; appar. akin to grow

Related forms:
groomer, noun
groomish, adjective
groom⋅ish⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
7. educate, train, coach, drill, tutor.
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groom   (grōōm, grŏŏm)   
n.  

  1. A person employed to take care of horses or a stable.

  2. A bridegroom.

  3. One of several officers in an English royal household.

  4. Archaic

    1. A man.

    2. A male servant.

v.   groomed, groom·ing, grooms

v.   tr.

  1. To care for the appearance of; to make neat and trim: groomed himself carefully in front of the mirror.

  2. To clean and brush (an animal).

  3. To remove dirt and parasites from the skin, fur, or feathers of (another animal).

  4. To prepare, as for a specific position or purpose: groom an employee for advancement.

  5. Sports To prepare (a trail) for skiers, as by packing down new snow or leveling moguls.

v.   intr.
To care for one's appearance.

[Middle English grom. N., sense 2, short for bridegroom.]
groom'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

groom  (2)
husband-to-be at a wedding, 1604, short for bridegroom (q.v.), from O.E. guma "man."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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grooming

self-grooming, as the action of a bird in preening its feathers, or mutual grooming as part of species behaviour, as among monkeys and other mammalian groups. Mutual grooming, which is often derived from display behaviour, cements social bonds between individuals of a group or colony. The term preening is usually used to describe cleaning behaviour in birds. In some birds, oil from the preen gland, picked up from the feathers after exposure to sunlight, is a major source of vitamin D. A form of cleaning behaviour called cleaning symbiosis occurs between certain fishes or between certain shrimps and fishes. The cleaner is allowed by the recipient fish to clean the latter of external parasites, which the cleaner eats. Both cleaner and cleaned thereby benefit.

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