Groom vs False - What's the difference?
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A man who is about to become or has recently become part of a married couple. Short form of bridegroom.
A person who cares for horses.
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One of several officers of the English royal household, chiefly in the lord chamberlain's department.
To attend to one's appearance and clothing.
To care for horses or other animals by brushing and cleaning them.
To prepare someone for election or appointment.
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To prepare a ski slope for skiers
To attempt to gain the trust of a minor or adult with the intention of subjecting them to abusive or exploitative behaviour such as sexual abuse, human trafficking or sexual slavery.
Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
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Spurious, artificial.
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(lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:whose false foundation waves have swept away
Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
(lb) Out of tune.
As a noun groom
is a man who is about to become or has recently become part of a married couple short form of bridegroom or groom can be a person who cares for horses.As a verb groom
is to attend to one's appearance and clothing.As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.groom
English
Etymology 1
1604, short for . Germanic cognates include Icelandic gumi and Norwegian gume. Cognate to (human) from Proto-Indo-European via Latin homo. Second element reanalyzed as groom , "attendant."Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* groomdom * groomhood * groomship * groomzilla * child groomCoordinate terms
* bride * bride-to-beSynonyms
* bridegroomEtymology 2
From (etyl) grom, , though uncertain as *gr?an? was used typically of plants; its secondary meaning being "to turn green". Alternate etymology describes Middle English grom, grome'' as an alteration of , etc.), with the Middle Dutch and Old Icelandic cognates following similar variation of their respective forms.Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Toward the end of the war, Benoit was sent off on his own with forged papers; he wound up working as a horse groom at a chalet in the Loire valley. Mandelbrot describes this harrowing youth with great sangfroid.}}
- the groom''' of the chamber; the '''groom of the stole
Synonyms
* ostlerVerb
(en verb)citation, passage=India is run by gerontocrats and epigones: grey hairs and groomed heirs.}}
false
English
Adjective
(er)A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles: Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by the Philological Society, section=Part 1, publisher=Clarendon Press, location=Oxford, editor= , volume=1, page=217 , passage=Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not onely vulgar, but some appertaynyng to the rule of Algeber.}}