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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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Behind her the groom, a soldier, quickly answered his phone.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

And they use tools -- research last year showed a critically endangered population of orcas in the Salish Sea breaking off pieces of seaweed to rub and groom each other.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

The ceremony, per tabloid reporting, was interminable, with both bride and groom delivering a 20-minute set of vows.

From Salon Jul. 9, 2026

During the tournament, a new tradition has also emerged: Fans gather and toss a person into the air, as is traditionally done with a groom at a wedding.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 5, 2026

Then he rubbed them both down, so well that a groom in a king's stable could not have done it better.

From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis

One of successful grooms, 43-year-old clothes trader Rabiu Yusuf, agreed the process of applying to be married had gone smoothly for him.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

There is some debate over what to call Bianco’s mustache, which he said he grooms himself with scissors.

From The Wall Street Journal May 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

The day before the party, one of the grooms was employed to waIthe floor.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

Ko managed to escape the fate of her fellow Zainichi Koreans, however, after she caught the attention of Kim Jong Il, who had already been groomed for succession.

From BBC Jun. 27, 2026

Like Bukele, de la Espriella sports a meticulously groomed beard.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 2, 2026

Also depends on how you were groomed or how you came into the situation.

From Los Angeles Times May 18, 2026

“Individuals who lived, fed, groomed and patrolled together for years became targets of lethal attacks on the basis of their new group membership,” the authors reported recently in the journal Science.

From Salon Apr. 23, 2026

Tag scampered after a butterfly he hadn’t a hope of catching, and Donkeyberry groomed Fat Cheeks by the dry stream before everyone set out on the daily search for food.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

On 3 August, the government announced prisoners guilty of rape, serious child sex offences and grooming would be excluded from the new policy.

From BBC Aug. 30, 2026

Retail analysts estimate that the global market for men’s grooming will boom by tens of billions of dollars—if not hundreds of billions of dollars—in the next five or so years.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

"On Tuesday, you told the country that those convicted of grooming offences would be excluded," she wrote.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

A man could be well turned-out, but if he made too much of his wardrobe or grooming, he overstepped the bounds of good taste.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

The baby ran for all he was worth to Donkeyberry, who gathered him into her arms and turned him over for a quick grooming session.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer




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