Definition of preen Preen
/pɹiˈn/ - [preen] - preen
We found 16 definitions of preen from 5 different sources.
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| preen - dress or groom with elaborate care; "She likes to dress when going to the opera" | ||
| primp, plume, dress | ||
| attire, trick out, tog up, tog out, rig out, gussy up, fig up, fig out, fancy up, deck up, deck out, trick up, overdress, prink, dress up, get up put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party" | ||
| preen - pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement | ||
| congratulate | ||
| gloat, crow, triumph dwell on with satisfaction | ||
| preen - clean with one's bill; "The birds preened" | ||
| plume | ||
| arrange, set up arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times" | ||
| make clean, clean remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits; "Clean the turkey" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- preen (n.)
A forked tool used by clothiers in dressing cloth. - preen (n.)
To dress with, or as with, a preen; to trim or dress with the beak, as the feathers; -- said of birds. - preen (n.)
To trim up, as trees.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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preen
prēn, v.t. to compose and arrange as birds do their feathers. [Prune (v.).] -
preen
prēn, n. (Scot.) a pin.—v.t. to fasten. [A.S. preón, a pin.]
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