'Grooming' definitions:
Definition of 'grooming'
(from WordNet)
noun
Activity leading to skilled behavior [syn: training, preparation, grooming]
noun
The activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes [syn: dressing, grooming]
Definition of 'Grooming'
From: GCIDE
- Groom \Groom\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Groomed; p. pr. & vb. n. Grooming.] To tend or care for, or to curry or clean, as a, horse. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'grooming'
From: GCIDE
- grooming \grooming\ n.
- 1. 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 sense 1]
- Syn: training, preparation. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. The activity of getting dressed, washed and generally of neat appearance. [WordNet sense 2]
- Syn: dressing. [WordNet 1.5]
- 3. The activity of cleaning oneself or others by removing lice, ticks, dirt, etc. from the fur; -- of animals. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'grooming'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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