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groom

[groom, groom] / grum, grʊm /
NOUN
man being married
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Antonyms
WEAK


NOUN
stable attendant; servant
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Under a microscope, researchers watched the sea spider wrap these appendages around its legs and use comb-like spines to groom and clean its body.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026

Photos showed dancing under disco balls, a white cake topped with figurines of a bride and groom and Donald Trump Jr. holding his new wife in his arms as fireworks erupt in the background.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Trinidad also drives to homes and events when invited — he recently went to a wedding and gave haircuts to the groom and his friends.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

In one case, an intending bride was found to have presented her brother as the groom in an attempt to benefit from the scheme.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

But it was also the kind of garment a groom would wear at his wedding as well as his funeral.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Nearly half of participants in one of the Bank of America Institute studies said that brides and grooms are expecting too much financially for bachelor and bachelorette parties.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

A wave of brides and grooms made their way to MSG as bystanders stared and cheered, taxis honked and protesters gathered outside.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026

He grooms them, administers their daily doses of medicine by hand and recognizes their individual personalities.

From Salon ● May 17, 2026

India brides and grooms prepping with weight-loss drugs.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 7, 2026

Riders and grooms would sometimes stand around for hours, waiting for the horse to wake up before they could get to work.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

A golden generation of Weston McKennie, Christian Pulisic, Tyler Adams and Timothy Weah had been groomed for years for this one tournament.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

In one room, top clients can be groomed with Prada beauty products before trying on clothes next door.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

"The National Intelligence Service currently assesses that Kim Ju Ae is being groomed as the successor and understands she has a younger sibling of unknown gender," the agency said, reaffirming its conclusion on succession.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

After defending Jackson many times previously, including on Oprah Winfrey’s talk show in 2010, all five of the family’s adult children say they were groomed to protect him.

From Salon ● May 14, 2026

Grumman sat resting in a corner of the basket while his dæmon groomed her feathers.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman

Sales of beauty products, grooming and fabric and home care increased the most.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Prigozhin’s success fulfilled the ambitions of his father, who spent years grooming him for the job.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

She was a key witness in the first trial of Oxford grooming gang members, in 2013, when seven men were convicted.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Across from the main entertaining spaces sits a six-stall barn complete with an executive office, staff quarters, three grooming stations, a feed kitchen, and storage.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

Teach him the finer arts of mustache grooming.

From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling


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