This is a disambiguation page for meanings of the words groom and grooming.

Groom can mean:

• A groom is a person responsible for the feeding and care of horses.
• A groom is a type of male officer-servant; in the British royal household the title long persisted in the offices of Groom of the Robes and Groom of the Stole.
• A bridegroom, also shortened groom (but of different etymology), is a male wedding partner.

In geography:

• Groom Dry Lake is a geographic feature of the US Military Area 51.
• The Division of Groom is a Commonwealth Electoral Division (Seat in the Australian House of Representatives) in Queensland, Australia centred on the City of Toowoomba, Queensland.

Grooming can mean:

• Personal grooming, or preening, in humans and animals, a hygenic activity (caring for physical appearance).
• Social grooming, the activity by which animals and people who live in proximity can bond and reinforce social structures
• Traffic grooming is a technical activity in telecommunications.
• Child grooming is befriending a child, often in the negative context of preparing it to accept inappropriate behavior from the other person.