groom
/ɡɹum/ verbo C2En español: acicalar, manipular pederastamente, almohazar
- To attend to one's appearance and clothing.
- To care for (horses or other animals) by brushing and cleaning them.
- To prepare (someone) for an event
- To prepare (someone) for election or appointment. · 2009, Dani Johnson, Grooming the Next Generation for Success
- To gain, or attempt to gain, the trust of a child or vulnerable person in order to take advantage of or exploit them, especially sexually (if under the age of consent). · 2009, Suzanne Ost, Child Pornography and Sexual Grooming: Legal and Societal Responses
- In agile software development, to review and prioritize the items in the development backlog.
- To prepare (a ski slope) for skiers by packing down the snow.
He/she/it grooms · Pasado groomed · Participio pasado groomed · Forma en -ing grooming
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The porter was in attendance; he had been apprised by the groom of the last stage of the count’s approach.
Miller, I had indeed to go campaigning before, but I was barbed from counter to tail, and a man went along to groom me; and now I cannot understand what ailed me to prefer the mill before the battle.” “Forbear,” said the Miller to him, “harping on what was of yore, for it is the common lot of mortals to sustain the ups and downs of fortune.”
‘Now that you call it to my mind,’ he answered, ‘Brunton did ask me about the height of the tree some months ago, in connection with some little argument with the groom.’
Joseph and the groom found marks on the bed outside the window, but the weather has been so dry lately that they found it hopeless to follow the trail across the grass.
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