grooming

UK/ˈɡɹuːmɪŋ/US/ˈɡɹuːmɪŋ/

nounB2Common in everyday speech and writing · #7,502 of 15,258neutral

Grooming is keeping yourself clean and neatly presented. Personal grooming, grooming products, a grooming routine.

In animals it also means cleaning the coat, and social grooming between primates is about bonding as much as about cleanliness. The word has a second and grave modern sense: grooming a child means building trust in order to abuse them.

Definitions of grooming

1noungroomingKeeping yourself clean and neatly presented.B2
“Good grooming, like clean nails and tidy hair, matters at a job interview.”

grooming is a care routine.

Practised in Hair & Grooming

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grooming in the wild

Axe or Lynx is a French brand of male grooming products owned by the London based company Unilever and marketed toward the younger male demographic.
Axe (brand)
Social grooming is also used as a means of conflict resolution, maternal behavior, and reconciliation in some species.
Social grooming
Mutual grooming typically describes the act of grooming between two individuals, often as a part of social grooming, pair bonding, or a precoital activity.
Social grooming
Horse grooming is hygienic care given to a horse, or a process by which the horse's physical appearance is enhanced for horse shows or other types of competition.
Horse grooming
Dog grooming refers to the hygienic care of a dog, a process by which a dog's physical appearance is altered or enhanced.
Dog grooming

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grooming brush

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