grooming
Definition
- Noun:
- The activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes: The act of making oneself neat and tidy in appearance, often involving dressing, brushing hair, and other personal care.
- Activity leading to skilled behavior: The process of training, preparing, or instructing someone for a particular role, skill, or position.
Usage Examples
- Noun (Personal Care):
- Good grooming is essential for a professional appearance.
- The cat spent an hour on its daily grooming.
- Noun (Training/Preparation):
- The company's executive grooming program identifies future leaders.
- His careful grooming for the role made him the perfect candidate.
Advanced Usage
- "Animal grooming": The care and cleaning of an animal's coat, skin, and nails.
- Regular animal grooming is important for a pet's health.
- "Career grooming": The process of preparing someone for advancement in their profession.
- She benefited from early career grooming by a senior mentor.
Variants and Related Words
- Groom (verb): To make neat and tidy in appearance; to prepare or train for a specific purpose.
- He groomed his beard carefully.
- The assistant was groomed to take over the manager's position.
- Well-groomed (adjective): Having a neat, tidy, and smart appearance.
- The well-groomed diplomat made a strong impression.
Synonyms
- For personal care: Dressing, preening, tidying, primping.
- For training: Training, preparation, coaching, instruction, nurturing.
Related Phrases
- "Grooming habits": Refers to one's routine practices for maintaining personal cleanliness and appearance.
- His meticulous grooming habits were well-known.
- "In grooming": In the process of being prepared or trained.
- She is still in grooming for the managerial role.
Related Idioms
- "Groomed for success": Prepared or trained from an early stage to be successful.
- From a young age, the athlete was groomed for success by his coaches.
Noun
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the activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes
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activity leading to skilled behavior
