GROOMING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does grooming mean? 

• GROOMING (noun)
  The noun GROOMING has 2 senses:

1. activity leading to skilled behavior

2. the activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes

  Familiarity information: GROOMING used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GROOMING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Activity leading to skilled behavior

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

grooming; preparation; training

Hypernyms ("grooming" is a kind of...):

activity (any specific behavior)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "grooming"):

athletic training (the course of practice and exercise and diet undertaken by an athlete)

discipline (training to improve strength or self-control)

drill ((military) the training of soldiers to march (as in ceremonial parades) or to perform the manual of arms)

drill; exercise; practice; practice session; recitation (systematic training by multiple repetitions)

military training (training soldiers in military procedures)

retraining (training for a new occupation)

schooling (the training of an animal (especially the training of a horse for dressage))

skull practice; skull session (teaching strategy to an athletic team)

toilet training (training a young child to use the toilet)

Derivation:

groom (educate for a future role or function)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

dressing; grooming

Hypernyms ("grooming" is a kind of...):

covering (the act of protecting something by covering it)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "grooming"):

investment (the act of putting on robes or vestments)

primping (careful or finicky grooming)

toilet; toilette (the act of dressing and preparing yourself)

Derivation:

groom (care for one's external appearance)

 Context examples 

Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index (HAQ-DI) Categories usually need help from another person - Dressing and grooming.

(HAQ-DI - Help From Another Person - Dressing and Grooming, NCI Thesaurus)

The questionnaire contains 8 categories of 46 items; dressing and grooming, arising, eating, walking, hygiene, reaching, grip, and activities.

(Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)

Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index (HAQ-DI) Dressing and grooming: are you able to shampoo your hair?

(HAQ-DI - Able to Shampoo Hair, NCI Thesaurus)

Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index (HAQ-DI) Dressing and grooming: are you able to dress yourself, including tying shoelaces and doing buttons?

(HAQ-DI - Able to Dress Yourself, NCI Thesaurus)

The Smooth variety has a one-inch coat that needs very little grooming.

(Collie, NCI Thesaurus)

Both individuals made large gains in feeding, dressing, bathing, and grooming.

(Spinal cord stimulation helps paralyzed people move hands, NIH)