grooming

• ⇰ Preparing a person for a position requiring skilled behavior, especially by providing opposrtunity for practise and guidance in making the right decisions; <as>as, to provide <ex>grooming</ex> for one's successor as president</as>.
• ⇰ The activity of getting dressed, washed and generally of neat appearance.
• ⇰ The activity of cleaning oneself or others by removing lice, ticks, dirt, etc. from the fur; -- of animals.