Definitions of preen [prin]

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Definition of 'preen'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) preen
to trim or dress (feathers, fur, etc.) with the beak or tongue.

2.  preen
to dress (oneself) carefully or smartly; primp.

3.  preen
to pride (oneself) on an achievement, personal quality, etc.

4. (v.i.) preen
to make oneself appear striking or smart in dress or appearance.

5.  preen
to be exultant or proud.

Etymology: (1480–90; late ME prene, alter. of ME prunen, perh. by assoc. with prenen, to stab, pierce)

Definition of 'preen'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) preen, plume
clean with one's bill
"The birds preened"

2. (verb) preen, congratulate
pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement

3. (verb) preen, primp, plume, dress
dress or groom with elaborate care
"She likes to dress when going to the opera"

Definition of 'preen'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) preen
a forked tool used by clothiers in dressing cloth

2. (noun) preen
to dress with, or as with, a preen; to trim or dress with the beak, as the feathers; -- said of birds

3. (noun) preen
to trim up, as trees

Translation of 'preen'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (of birds) to arrange (the feathers) The sea-gulls were preening themselves / their feathers.
Afrikaans: glad stryk	Arabic: يُرَتِّبُ الطائِر ريشَه	Bulgarian: чистя с клюн
Brazilian: alisar as penas	Czech: rovnat si (peří)	German: putzen
Danish: pudse	Greek: σιάζω τα φτερά μου (για π	Spanish: arreglar/alisar con el pi
Estonian: (sulestikku) kohendama	Farsi: پر و بال آراستن	Finnish: sukia
French: lisser ses plumes	Hebrew: לְנָקוֹת נוֹצוֹת בַּמָקוֹ	Hindi: बनना-ठनना, संवारना
Croatian: čistiti se, kljunom(ptica	Hungarian: tollászkodik	Indonesian: merapikan bulu
Icelandic: snyrta fjaðrirnar	Italian: (lisciarsi le penne)	Japanese: 羽を整える
Korean: (새가 날개를) 부리로 다듬다	Lithuanian: valyti (plunksnas)	Latvian: (par putniem) sakārtot/tī
Malay: menyelisik	Dutch: de veren gladstrijken	Norwegian: pusse fjærene
Polish: muskać (pióra)	Persian: پر و بال آراستن	Pashto: د يو مارغه په پر او بال ل
Portuguese: alisar as penas	Romanian: a-şi curăţa (penele)	Russian: чистить перья
Slovak: čistiť si; čuchrať si (pe	Slovenian: čistiti si perje	Serbian: čistiti perje
Swedish: putsa	Thai: ไซ้ขนด้วยปาก	Turkish: tüylerini düzeltmek
Taiwanese: (鳥)用嘴梳理(羽毛)	Ukrainian: чистити дзьобом	Urdu: پروں کو صاف کرنا
Vietnamese: rỉa lông	Chinese: （鸟）用嘴梳理（羽毛）
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