1
2
a
: a person responsible for the feeding, exercising, and stabling of horses
b(1)
archaic
: manservant
(2)
: one of several officers of the English royal household
groomed; grooming; grooms
1
: to clean and maintain the appearance of (an animal)
especially
: to maintain the health and condition of the coat of (a horse, dog, etc.) by brushing, combing, currying, or similar attention
2
: to make neat or attractive
an impeccably groomed person
3
a
: to make (someone) ready for a specific objective : prepare
was being groomed as a presidential candidate
b
: to build a trusting relationship with (a minor) in order to exploit them especially for nonconsensual sexual activity
: to groom oneself
Examples of groom in a Sentence
Verb
The horses are being groomed for the competition.
She spent hours grooming herself.
She always seems to be perfectly groomed and neatly dressed.
He is being groomed to take over the company.
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Shelby Wax, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
The only person that understood him truly would've been the groom at Helwater, Jamie Fraser.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2024
Dan Duggan, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
Come winter, the park’s nine-mile Loop Road is closed to cars but groomed for snowshoeing and cross-country skiing.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 24 Dec. 2024
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Noun
The bride and groom arrived at the castle a week early to prepare the property for their nuptials.
—Shelby Wax, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
The only person that understood him truly would've been the groom at Helwater, Jamie Fraser.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2024
Verb
Daboll got hired three years ago largely based on his efforts grooming Bills quarterback Josh Allen from a raw prospect into a perennial MVP candidate.
—Dan Duggan, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
Come winter, the park’s nine-mile Loop Road is closed to cars but groomed for snowshoeing and cross-country skiing.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Groom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/groom. Accessed 11 Jan. 2025.
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1
a
archaic
: a male servant
b
: a person in charge of horses
2
groom
2 of 2 verb1
: to clean and keep up the appearance of (as the coat of a horse or dog)
2
: to make neat, attractive, or acceptable
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