Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - groom
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Groom
groom
~1 v 1 to take care of animals, especially horses, by cleaning and brushing them 2 to take care of your own appearance by keeping your hair and clothes clean and tidy (a well-groomed woman in her twenties) 3 to prepare someone for an important job or position in society by training them over a long period (groom sb for sth) (Tim was being groomed for a managerial position. | groom sb to do sth) (Clare's father is grooming her to take his place when he retires.) 4 if an animal grooms itself or another animal, it cleans its own fur and skin or that of the other animal - grooming n (- see also wellgroomed) ~2 n 1 a bridegroom 2 someone whose job is to feed, clean, and take care of horses
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(grooms, grooming, groomed) 1. A groom is the same as a bridegroom. ...the bride and groom. N-COUNT 2. A groom is someone whose job is to look after the horses in a stable and to keep them clean. N-COUNT 3. If you groom an animal, you clean its fur, usually by brushing it. The horses were exercised and groomed with special care. VERB: V n 4. If you are groomed for a special job, someone prepares you for it by teaching you the skills you will need. George was already being groomed for the top job... Marshall was groomed to run the family companies. VERB: usu passive, be V-ed for n, be V-ed to-inf ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English grom Date: 14th century 1. archaic man, fellow 2. a. (1) archaic manservant (2) one of several officers of the English royal household b. a person responsible for the feeding, exercising, and stabling of horses 3. bride~ II. verb Date: 1809 transitive verb 1. to clean and maintain the appearance of (as the coat of a horse or dog) 2. to make neat or attractive an impeccably ~ed woman 3. to get into readiness for a specific objective ; prepare was being ~ed as a presidential candidate intransitive verb to ~ oneself ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 a person employed to take care of horses. 2 = BRIDEGROOM. 3 Brit. Mil. any of certain officers of the Royal Household. --v.tr. 1 a curry or tend (a horse). b give a neat appearance to (a person etc.). 2 (of an ape or monkey etc.) clean and comb the fur (of its fellow) with the fingers. 3 prepare or train (a person) for a particular purpose or activity (was groomed for the top job). Etymology: ME, orig. = boy: orig. unkn. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. грум, конюх 2. сокр. от bridegroom жених; новобрачный 3. придворный G. of the Chamber —- камердинер 4. уст. слуга 5. ходить за лошадью, чистить лошадь 6. ухаживать, холить to be well groomed —- быть ухоженным to groom one's hair —- причесывать волосы; ухаживать за волосами 7. разг. готовить к определенному роду деятельности he was groomed for political office —- его готовили к политической карьере he was groomed to take over the manager's job —- он готовился стать преемником управляющего ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) грум; конюх 2) abbr. of bridegroomжених 3) придворный 2. v. 1) чистить лошадь, ходить за лошадью 2) usu. past part. ухаживать, холить to be well groomed - быть выхоленным, хорошо одетым, тщательно подстриженным, подтянутым и т.п. 3) coll. готовить к определенной деятельности, карьере (for) He is grooming his son far the directorship of the firm. The new young actor is being groomed for fame and success. ...Англо-русский словарь
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- M.E. grome "male child, boy, youth," perhaps from O.E. *groma, related to growan "grow," or O.Fr. grommet "servant," or O.N. gromr "man." The fact is, it appeared 13c. and nobody knows from whence. The verb is first attested 1809; the transfered sense is from 1843. Sense of "male servant who attends to horses" is 17c. The wedding groom, short for bridegroom, is c.1600 but from a different word, O.E. guma "man" (see bridegroom). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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