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# grooming

«grooming» in Mova's school dictionary: **Cleaning and brushing an animal's fur or coat** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (grooming); also the -ing form of groom

### meaning for a pupil

1) Cleaning and brushing an animal's fur or coat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grooming/#m1)

2) Keeping yourself clean and tidy: washing, combing hair, cutting nails. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grooming/#m2)

3) Getting someone ready for a job or role. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grooming/#m3)

4) (safety) When an adult or older person tricks a child into trusting them so they can harm them — a danger to report. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grooming/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science and nature: monkeys groom each other; cats groom themselves. In everyday life: dog grooming, personal grooming. In safety lessons: grooming is a warning sign — if someone online or in person asks you to keep secrets, sends gifts or wants to meet, tell a trusted adult.

### examples

- Monkeys spend hours grooming each other. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grooming/#x1)
- The cat is grooming its paws. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grooming/#x2)
- We take our dog to a grooming salon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grooming/#x3)
- Personal grooming includes brushing your teeth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grooming/#x4)
- He is being groomed to be the next captain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grooming/#x5)
- If an adult online asks you to keep secrets, it might be grooming — tell someone you trust. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grooming/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. Verb: groom. Context matters: animal grooming and personal grooming are harmless; grooming of children is a crime. Never keep secrets an adult asks you to keep from your parents.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «grooming» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grooming/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.