English > groom: 6 senses > verb 1, social| Meaning | Educate for a future role or function. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
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| Example | "He is grooming his son to become his successor" |
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| Synonyms | prepare, train |
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| Narrower | qualify, dispose | make fit or prepared |
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| Broader | educate | Give an education to |
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| Similar to | discipline, train, check, condition | Develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice |
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| train, prepare | Undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession |
| train, develop, prepare, educate | create by training and teaching |
| Spanish | capacitar, educar, entrenar, preparar |
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| Catalan | capacitar, educar, entrenar, preparar |
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| Nouns | grooming | activity leading to skilled behavior |
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English > groom: 6 senses > verb 3, body| Meaning | care for one's external appearance. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s somebody |
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| Example | "He is always well-groomed" |
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| Synonym | neaten |
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| Narrower | barber | Perform the services of a barber |
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| clean up | make oneself clean, presentable or neat |
| cleanse, clean | clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing |
| comb, comb out, disentangle | smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb |
| doll up, do up, pretty up, glam up | Use special care in dressing, making-up , etc. |
| dress, arrange, set, do, coif, coiffe, coiffure | arrange attractively |
| make up | apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier |
| manicure | care for (one's hand) by cutting and shaping the nails, etc. |
| mousse, gel | apply a styling gel to |
| pedicure | care for one's feet by cutting and shaping the nails, etc. |
| perfume, scent | apply perfume / perfume to |
| pomade | apply pomade to (hair) |
| shave | Remove body hair with a razor |
| spruce up, spruce, slick up, smarten up | Dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion |
| Broader | fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify | make more beautiful |
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| Spanish | acicalarse, almohazar, arreglarse, cuidarse, sobrehilar |
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| Catalan | compondre's, empolainar-se, empolistrar-se |
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| Nouns | grooming | the activity of getting dressed |
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