GROOMED

groomed

(adjective) neat and smart in appearance; well cared for; “the manager was a beautifully groomed young man”; “his horse was always groomed”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

groomed

simple past tense and past participle of groom

Adjective

groomed (comparative more groomed, superlative most groomed)

Having a neat and clean appearance; well cared-for.

Source: Wiktionary


GROOM

Groom, n. Etym: [Cf. Scot. grome, groyme, grume, gome, guym, man, lover, OD. grom boy, youth; perh. the r is an insertion as in E. bridegroom, and the word is the same as AS. guma man. See Bridegroom.]

1. A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable. Spenser.

2. 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.

3. A man recently married, or about to be married; a bridegroom. Dryden. Groom porter, formerly an officer in the English royal household, who attended to the furnishing of the king's lodgings and had certain privileges.

Groom, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Groomed; p. pr. & vb. n. Grooming.]

Definition: To tend or care for, or to curry or clean, as a, horse.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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27 April 2024

GREAT

(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”


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