GROOM


Meaning of GROOM in English

I. verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

well

On the other hand heads have every right to expect staff to be well groomed and reasonably dressed at work.

All had their manes shorn short but their tails were long, though well groomed .

His thick grey hair was well groomed , his keen eyes looked kind, and his handshake was firm.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Jiang was groomed as Deng's replacement

Most people believe he is being groomed for the party leadership.

Mrs Adams had groomed her only daughter to be a perfect wife and mother.

The resort has fifteen magnificently groomed ski runs.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Bashar has been groomed for power since the death of his brother in 1994.

It is our shared need to groom that unites the world of women.

On the other hand heads have every right to expect staff to be well groomed and reasonably dressed at work.

This preference could not of course be satisfied for all members of the troop at once since baboons groom in couples.

Toning Whoever heard of any of them being groomed by a fashion editor and strapped into toning pinks for a photo call?

II. noun

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

I give you the chairman/prime minister/groom etc

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A groom ran forward to hold their horses while another ambled off to tell Sir Thomas of their arrival.

Did I care that he smelled like a groom ?

The groom remained hanging on to the canopy railing, his face smeared with dirt, his shirt torn and flapping.

The fool was very grateful, and so was the groom , because he had found one fool greater than his wife.

The tears which coursed down his cheeks were not for the head groom .

Was the groom willing to swear.

Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary.      Дополнительный английский словарь Longman DOCE5.