Word Study
grooming
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun grooming has 2 senses
- grooming(n = noun.act) preparation, training - activity leading to skilled behavior; Array is a kind of activity
- grooming(n = noun.act) dressing - the activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes; Array is a kind of covering
has particulars: athletic training, discipline, drill, drill, exercise, practice, practice session, recitation, military training, retraining, schooling, skull practice, skull session, toilet training
Derived form verb groom1
has particulars: investment, primping, toilet, toilette
Derived form verb groom3
CIDE DICTIONARY
grooming, n.
- Preparing a person for a position requiring skilled behavior, especially by providing opposrtunity for practise and guidance in making the right decisions; as, to provide grooming for one's successor as president. [WordNet 1.5]
- The activity of getting dressed, washed and generally of neat appearance. [WordNet 1.5]
- The activity of cleaning oneself or others by removing lice, ticks, dirt, etc. from the fur; -- of animals. [PJC]
THESAURUS
grooming
apprenticeship, basic training, breaking, breeding, conditioning, cultivation, development, discipline, drill, drilling, exercise, fetching-up, fostering, housebreaking, improvement, in-service training, manual training, military training, nurture, nurturing, on-the-job training, practice, preparation, raising, readying, rearing, rehearsal, sloyd, training, upbringing, vocational education, vocational training
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