Usually means: Preparing appearance for neatness, cleanliness.
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General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. grooming: Merriam-Webster
  2. grooming: Collins English Dictionary
  3. grooming: Vocabulary.com
  4. Grooming, grooming: Wordnik
  5. grooming: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. grooming: Wiktionary
  7. Grooming, grooming: Dictionary.com
  8. grooming: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Grooming: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Grooming: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. grooming: Rhymezone
  12. Grooming: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. grooming: FreeDictionary.org
  14. grooming: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. grooming: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. grooming: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. grooming: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. grooming: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  3. grooming: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. grooming: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Anthropology dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. grooming: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  Care for one's personal appearance, hygiene, and clothing.
noun:  (biology) The practice of primates picking through the hair of others, looking for insects etc.
noun:  The act of teaching someone, often for advancement at work.
noun:  Caring for horses or other animals by brushing and cleaning them.
noun:  The act of gaining the trust of a child or vulnerable person in order to take advantage of or exploit them, especially sexually.
noun:  (software engineering) In agile software development, the reviewing and prioritization of items in the development backlog.

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