Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of groom
noungrooming (usually uncountable, plural groomings)
plural groomings
- uncountableusuallyCare for one's personal appearance, hygiene, and clothing.
I believe in good grooming.
- uncountableusuallybiologyThe practice of primates picking through the hair of others, looking for insects etc.
- uncountableusuallyCaring for horses or other animals by brushing and cleaning them.
Synonyms: currying
- uncountableusuallyThe act of gaining the trust of a child or vulnerable person in order to take advantage of or exploit them, especially sexually.
- uncountableusuallycomputingIn agile software development, the reviewing and prioritization of items in the development backlog.
Synonyms: refinement
Synonyms & antonyms
nounCaring for horses or other animals by brushing and cleaning them.
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nounIn agile software development, the reviewing and prioritization of items in the development backlog.
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Translations
Arabic اِسْتِمَالَة الْأَطْفَال
- اِسْتِمَالَة الْأَطْفَال (istimālat al-ʔaṭfāl)attempting to gain the trust of a child or vulnerable person for sexual purposes
Chinese Mandarin 性誘拐 /性诱拐, 性引誘 /性引诱
- 性誘拐 /性诱拐 (xìngyòuguǎi)attempting to gain the trust of a child or vulnerable person for sexual purposes
- 性引誘 /性引诱attempting to gain the trust of a child or vulnerable person for sexual purposes
Finnish verkkoviettely, viettely
- verkkoviettelyattempting to gain the trust of a child or vulnerable person for sexual purposes
- viettelyattempting to gain the trust of a child or vulnerable person for sexual purposes
German Körperpflege, Coaching
- Körperpflegecare for one's appearance
- Coachingact of teaching
- Pferdepflegecaring for horses
- Tierpflegecaring for horses
- Fellpflegecaring for horses
- Viehputzcaring for horses
- Striegelncaring for horses
Greek καλλωπισμός
- καλλωπισμός (kallopismós)care for one's appearance
Hungarian ápoltság, lóápolás
- ápoltságcare for one's appearance
- lóápoláscaring for horses
- becserkészésattempting to gain the trust of a child or vulnerable person for sexual purposes
- behálózásattempting to gain the trust of a child or vulnerable person for sexual purposes
- bizalmába férkőzésattempting to gain the trust of a child or vulnerable person for sexual purposes
- beetetésattempting to gain the trust of a child or vulnerable person for sexual purposes
- beédesgetésattempting to gain the trust of a child or vulnerable person for sexual purposes
- édesgetésattempting to gain the trust of a child or vulnerable person for sexual purposes
Japanese 身繕い
- 身繕い (midukuroi)care for one's appearance
Portuguese corrupção de menor
- corrupção de menorattempting to gain the trust of a child or vulnerable person for sexual purposes
Russian ухо́д, ухо́д
- ухо́д (uxód)care for one's appearance
- ухо́д (uxód)caring for horses
Spanish arreglo, acicalamiento
- arreglocare for one's appearance
- acicalamientocare for one's appearance
- acicaladuracaring for horses
- almohazamientocaring for horses
- manipulación pederastaattempting to gain the trust of a child or vulnerable person for sexual purposes
Swedish kontakt med barn i sexuellt syfte
- kontakt med barn i sexuellt syfteattempting to gain the trust of a child or vulnerable person for sexual purposes
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with grooming
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APA
grooming. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grooming
MLA
“grooming.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grooming. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grooming,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grooming.
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