groom
To attend to one's appearance and clothingTo attend to one's appearance and clothing.
» The monkeys are grooming each other.
Die Affen lausen sich.
Meaning
8 sensesTo attend to one's appearance and clothing.
vorbereiten, ordnen, zurechtmachen
care for one's external appearance
(transitive)To care for (horses or other animals) by brushing and cleaning them.
pflegen, striegeln, putzen
(transitive)To prepare (someone) for an event
(transitive)To prepare (someone) for election or appointment.
2009, Dani Johnson, Grooming the Next Generation for Success
(transitive)To gain, or attempt to gain, the trust of a child or vulnerable person in order to take advantage of or exploit them, especially sexually (if under the age of consent).
2009, Suzanne Ost, Child Pornography and Sexual Grooming: Legal and Societal Responses
(transitive)In agile software development, to review and prioritize the items in the development backlog.
(transitive)To prepare (a ski slope) for skiers by packing down the snow.
präparieren
(obsolete, transitive)To care for (horses or other animals) by feeding, currying and tending to them.
Examples
107 sentencesThe monkeys are grooming each other.
deDie Affen lausen sich.
Long live the bride and groom.
The groom left the bride standing at the altar.
ruЖених бросил невесту перед алтарём.
deDer Bräutigam ließ die Braut vor dem Altar stehen.
I'd like to dedicate this next song to the bride and groom.
Do you know the groom?
ruТы знаешь жениха?
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 3
Origin
From Middle English grom, grome (“man-child, boy, youth”), of uncertain origin. ApparentlyFrom Middle English grom, grome (“man-child, boy, youth”), of uncertain origin. Apparently related to Middle Dutch grom (“boy”), Old Icelandic grómr, gromr (“man, manservant, boy”), Old French gromme (“manservant”), and also to Middle Dutch grom (“fish guts”), Middle Low German grôm (“fish guts”), from the same Proto-Germanic root. Possibly from Old English *grōm, from Proto-West Germanic *grōm (“swollen belly, stomach tumour, womb-child, fish roe, fish guts”), from Proto-Germanic *grōaną (“to grow”).
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Forms
grooms, grooming, groomed, groomedSynonyms
6 synonymsWord family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle