to clean the fur or skin of another animal or itself

to prepare or train somebody for an important job or position

<i>Our junior employees are being groomed for more senior roles.</i>

<i>The eldest son is being groomed to take over when his father dies.</i>

to prepare a child for a meeting, especially using social media, with the intention of performing an illegal sexual act

a person whose job is to feed and take care of horses, especially by brushing and cleaning them

a man on his wedding day, or just before or just after it

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