Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Preparing a person for a position requiring skilled behavior, especially by providing opportunity for practise and guidance in making the right decisions.
- noun The activity of getting dressed, washed and generally of neat appearance.
- noun The activity of cleaning oneself or others by removing lice, ticks, dirt, etc. from the fur; -- of animals.
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- verb Present participle of
groom . - noun Care for one's personal appearance, hygiene, and clothing.
- noun The act of teaching someone, often for advancement at work.
- noun Caring for horses or other animals by brushing and cleaning them.
- noun The act of attempting to gain the trust of a
minor with the intention of having a sexual relationship with him or her.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun activity leading to skilled behavior
- noun the activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes
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Examples
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It ` s sort of what they call grooming in the pedophile industry, isn ` t it?
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Which means that just his regular maintenance grooming is not cutting it currently.
skin as white as a cuttlefish bone matociquala 2009
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“What we were starting to see was a similarity in grooming that goes on in paedophilia and grooming that goes on in extremism,” said the anti-terror source.
Link between child porn and Muslim terrorists discovered in police raids 2008
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As a bonding activity, this grooming is reciprocal, founded on mutuality (which is to say, an exhibition of care constitutes an elicitation of a reciprocal exhibition of care).
Archive 2008-09-01 Hal Duncan 2008
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Pace is expected to be ready to start the season, but it might be time to begin grooming his replacement.
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As a bonding activity, this grooming is reciprocal, founded on mutuality (which is to say, an exhibition of care constitutes an elicitation of a reciprocal exhibition of care).
Notes on Strange Fiction: Narrative's Function (3) Hal Duncan 2008
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May 28, 2007 at 1: 02 pm don't be such a big baby! guys go on all the time about women and their body hair and preference for the lack of. please grooming is not for just the neck up for either gender.
Have unwieldy, unwanted body hair? Technology can help! | Sync Blog 2007
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Or whatever other odd feature makes them itch for an upgrade in grooming techniques.
The Metrosexual Man kittenpie 2006
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Or whatever other odd feature makes them itch for an upgrade in grooming techniques.
Archive 2006-06-01 kittenpie 2006
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Then Buffalo traded Bledsoe to Dallas because he believed he should still be a starter, and wasn't interested in grooming J.P. Losman.
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Then she learned about the term “grooming”, the process through which an abuser builds an emotional, trusting relationship with a child or potential victim to manipulate, exploit and sexually abuse them.
Groomed: how a film-maker learned to confront a childhood of abuse Adrian Horton 2021
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