To attempt to gain the trust of a minor or adult with the intention of subjecting them to abusive or exploitative behaviour such as sexual abuse, human trafficking or sexual slavery
prepare (someone) for a future role or function; "He is grooming his son to become his successor"; "The prince was prepared to become King one day"; "They trained him to be a warrior"
One of several officers of the English royal household, chiefly in the lord chamberlain's department; as, the groom of the chamber; the groom of the stole
A groom is someone whose job is to look after the horses in a stable and to keep them clean
If you groom an animal, you clean its fur, usually by brushing it. The horses were exercised and groomed with special care
A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable
If you are groomed for a special job, someone prepares you for it by teaching you the skills you will need. George was already being groomed for the top job Marshall was groomed to run the family companies
You use groomed in expressions such as well groomed and badly groomed to say how neat, clean, and smart a person is. a very well groomed man She always appeared perfectly groomed
Grooming refers to the things that people do to keep themselves clean and make their face, hair, and skin look nice. a growing concern for personal grooming
is the impeccable taste a dancer displays in dress and in manner on the dance floor Good grooming is the first thing that usually strikes the judge's eye at contests
A method of bandwidth management that increases the efficiency of long haul transmission by consolidating or segregating traffic (CSU/DSU - End-to-end performance management of T1 Network)
One of the social behaviors of the mustangs, when members of a band stand and, using their teeth, clean and rub one another Also used as courtship display by stallions and as part of bonding ritual between mare and new born foal
[ 'grüm, 'grum ] (noun.) 14th century. 1604, short for bridegroom (“husband-to-be”), from Middle English brydgrome, bridegome (“bridegroom”), from Old English brȳdguma (“bridegroom”), from brȳd (“bride”) + guma (“man, hero”), from Proto-Germanic *gumô (“man, person”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhg'həmo-, *dhg'homo-. Germanic cognates include Icelandic gumi and Norwegian gume. Cognate to human from Proto-Indo-European via Latin homo. Second element reanalyzed as groom, "attendant."