Groom
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- Grooming redirects here.
Groom can mean:
- A groom is a person responsible for the feeding and care of horses.
- A groom is a type of male officer-servant; in the British royal household the title long persisted in the offices of Groom of the Robes and Groom of the Stole.
- A bridegroom, also shortened groom (but of different etymology), is a male wedding partner.
In Geography:
- Groom Dry Lake is a geographic feature of the US Military Area 51.
- The Division of Groom is a Commonwealth Electoral Division (Seat in the Australian House of Representatives) in Queensland, Australia centred on the City of Toowoomba, Queensland.
The verb to Groom can refer to:
- Personal grooming, or preening, in humans and animals, a hygienic activity (caring for physical appearance).
- Social grooming, the activity by which animals and people who live in proximity can bond and reinforce social structures
- Traffic grooming is a technical activity in telecommunications.
- Child grooming is befriending a child, often in the negative context of preparing it to accept inappropriate behavior from the other person.
Grooming can also refer to the act of preparing snow for skiing.
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