groom

1. (transitive) To care for (horses or other animals) by brushing and cleaning them.transitive

2. (transitive) To prepare (someone) for an eventExamples: "It appears that Broderick's seconds, although cool, brave men, were entirely without experience in arranging a duel, and did not know that a man should be groomed for one as carefully as a horse is groomed for a race."transitive

3. (transitive) To prepare (someone) for election or appointment.Examples: "It is of special interest to note the subjects considered as important to those who are being groomed for top administrative posts"; "2002, Clone High episode 1 - "Escape to Beer Mountain: A Rope of Sand" Our mission is to unfreeze those clones, send them back to high school, and secretly groom them to one day rule the world. Failure to do so could mean world leaders just keep getting worse."; "2009, Dani Johnson, Grooming the Next Generation for Success"transitive

4. (transitive) To attempt to gain the trust of a child or vulnerable person in order to take advantage of or exploit them, especially sexually.Examples: "2009, Suzanne Ost, Child Pornography and Sexual Grooming: Legal and Societal Responses"transitive

5. (transitive, software engineering) In agile software development, to review and prioritize the items in the development backlog.transitive

6. (transitive) To prepare (a ski slope) for skiers by packing down the snow.transitive