GROOMING

dressing, grooming

(noun) the activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes

training, preparation, grooming

(noun) activity leading to skilled behavior

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Verb

grooming

present participle of groom

Noun

grooming (usually uncountable, plural groomings)

Care for one's personal appearance, hygiene, and clothing.

(biology) The practice of primates picking through the hair of others, looking for insects etc.

The act of teaching someone, often for advancement at work.

Caring for horses or other animals by brushing and cleaning them.

The act of attempting to gain the trust of a minor with the intention of having a sexual relationship with him or her.

(software engineering) In agile software development, the reviewing and prioritization of items in the development backlog.

Synonyms

• (care for one's appearance)

• (act of teaching): coaching, mentoring

• (caring for horses): currying

• (attempting to gain the trust of a minor)

Coordinate terms

• (care for one's appearance): personal hygiene – more basic level of care

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