Grooming

For the predatory tactic used by pedophiles, see child grooming.

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Grooming refers to removing obvious imperfections in one's appearance, or improving one's hygeine.

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When used in reference to animals, it tends to involve their cleaning one another by combing through the hair and extracting foreign objects such as insects, and leaves, dirt and twigs.

Related Topics:
Animal - Foreign object - Insect - Dirt

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When regarding a human it means to primp: washing and cleansing the hair, combing it to extract tangles and snarls, and styling.

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