Meaning of PREEN
| Pronunciation: | | preen
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- [v] dress or groom with elaborate care; "She likes to dress when going to the opera"
- [v] pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement
- [v] clean with one's bill, of birds
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| | Synonyms: | | congratulate, dress, plume, plume, pride, primp |
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| | See Also: | | arrange, attire, clean, crow, deck out, deck up, dress up, fancy up, fig out, fig up, get up, gloat, gussy up, make clean, overdress, prink, rig out, set up, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up, triumph | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Preen\, n. [AS. pre['o]n a clasp, bodkin; akin to D.
priem punch, bodkin, awl, G. pfriem, Icel. prj[=o]nn a
knitting needle, pin, Dan. preen a bodkin, punch.]
A forked tool used by clothiers in dressing cloth.
\Preen\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Preened}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Preening}.] [See {Preen}, n.; or cf. {Prune}.]
1. To dress with, or as with, a preen; to trim or dress with
the beak, as the feathers; -- said of birds. --Derham.
2. To trim up, as trees. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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| | Related Terms: | | adorn, array, beautify, bedeck, bedizen, blazon, brush up, clean, color, dandify, deck, deck out, decorate, dizen, doll up, dress, dress up, embellish, emblazon, embroider, enrich, fettle, fig out, fix up, furbish, garnish, grace, groom, gussy up, manicure, ornament, paint, pique, plume, prank, prank up, prettify, primp, primp up, prink, prink up, redecorate, redo, refurbish, set off, set out, smarten, smarten up, spruce up, titivate, trick out, trick up, trim |
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