From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
grooming
n 1: activity leading to skilled behavior [syn: training,
preparation]
2: the activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes [syn:
dressing]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Groom \Groom\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Groomed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Grooming.]
To tend or care for, or to curry or clean, as a, horse.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
grooming \grooming\ n.
1. Preparing a person for a position requiring skilled
behavior, especially by providing opposrtunity for
practise and guidance in making the right decisions; as,
to provide grooming for one's successor as president.
[WordNet sense 1]
Syn: training, preparation.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. The activity of getting dressed, washed and generally of
neat appearance. [WordNet sense 2]
Syn: dressing.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. The activity of cleaning oneself or others by removing
lice, ticks, dirt, etc. from the fur; -- of animals.
[PJC]