'Groom' definitions:
Definition of 'groom'
(from WordNet)
noun
A man participant in his own marriage ceremony [syn: groom, bridegroom]
noun
Someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses [syn: stableman, stableboy, groom, hostler, ostler]
noun
A man who has recently been married [syn: groom, bridegroom]
verb
Educate for a future role or function; "He is grooming his son to become his successor"; "The prince was prepared to become King one day"; "They trained him to be a warrior" [syn: prepare, groom, train]
verb
verb
Care for one's external appearance; "He is always well- groomed" [syn: groom, neaten]
Definition of 'Groom'
From: GCIDE
- Groom \Groom\, n. [Cf. Scot. grome, groyme, grume, gome, guym, man, lover, OD. grom boy, youth; perh. the r is an insertion as in E. bridegroom, and the word is the same as AS. guma man. See Bridegroom.]
- 1. A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 2. One of several officers of the English royal household, chiefly in the lord chamberlain's department; as, the groom of the chamber; the groom of the stole. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A man recently married, or about to be married; a bridegroom. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Groom porter, formerly an officer in the English royal household, who attended to the furnishing of the king's lodgings and had certain privileges. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Groom'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'groom'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adapt,
- apprentice,
- bed,
- bed down,
- blushing bride,
- break,
- break in,
- breaker,
- breed,
- breeder,
- bride,
- bridegroom,
- bridle,
- brief,
- bring up,
- broncobuster,
- brush,
- brush up,
- buckaroo,
- cattleman,
- clean up,
- clear the decks,
- clear up,
- coach,
- condition,
- cow keeper,
- cowman,
- cultivate,
- curry,
- currycomb,
- dairy farmer,
- dairyman,
- develop,
- discipline,
- drench,
- dress,
- drill,
- equerry,
- exercise,
- farrier,
- feed,
- fetch up,
- fettle,
- fit,
- fix up,
- fodder,
- form,
- foster,
- gentle,
- get ready,
- grazier,
- handle,
- harness,
- hitch,
- honeymooner,
- horseshoer,
- hostler,
- house-train,
- housebreak,
- improve,
- lick into shape,
- litter,
- make ready,
- manage,
- manicure,
- milk,
- neaten,
- newlywed,
- nurse,
- nurture,
- plighted bride,
- plume,
- police,
- police up,
- practice,
- preen,
- prepare,
- prime,
- primp,
- put in trim,
- put in tune,
- put to school,
- raise,
- rancher,
- ranchero,
- ranchman,
- ready,
- rear,
- refresh,
- rehearse,
- rub down,
- saddle,
- send to school,
- shape,
- sheepman,
- smarten up,
- spruce,
- spruce up,
- stableboy,
- stableman,
- stock raiser,
- stockbreeder,
- stockkeeper,
- stockman,
- straighten up,
- take in hand,
- tame,
- tamer,
- tend,
- tidy,
- tidy up,
- titivate,
- train,
- trainer,
- trig up,
- trim,
- trim up,
- tutor,
- war bride,
- water,
- yoke
Groom, TX -- U.S. town in Texas
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Groom, TX -- U.S. town in Texas
Population (2000) :
587
Housing Units (2000) :
290
Land area (2000) :
0.753837 sq. miles (1.952428 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.753837 sq. miles (1.952428 sq. km)
FIPS code :
31292
Located within :
Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location :
35.203112 N, 101.106710 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
79039
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.