groom
verb /ɡruːm/
/ɡruːm/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they groom | /ɡruːm/ /ɡruːm/ |
| he / she / it grooms | /ɡruːmz/ /ɡruːmz/ |
| past simple groomed | /ɡruːmd/ /ɡruːmd/ |
| past participle groomed | /ɡruːmd/ /ɡruːmd/ |
| -ing form grooming | /ˈɡruːmɪŋ/ /ˈɡruːmɪŋ/ |
- groom something to clean or brush an animal
- to groom a horse/dog/cat
- The horses are all well fed and groomed.
- groom something (of an animal) to clean the fur or skin of another animal or itself
- a female ape grooming her mate
- to prepare or train somebody for an important job or position
- groom somebody (for/as something) Our junior employees are being groomed for more senior roles.
- groom somebody to do something The eldest son is being groomed to take over when his father dies.
- groom somebody (of a person who is sexually attracted to children) to prepare a child for a meeting, especially using social media, with the intention of performing an illegal sexual actTopics Phones, email and the internetc2
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘boy’, later ‘man, male servant’): of unknown origin.