Verb preen has 3 senses
- preen, plume - clean with one's bill; "The birds preened"
--1 is a kind of arrange, set up; clean, make clean
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
- preen, congratulate - pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement
--2 is one way to gloat, triumph, crow
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- preen, primp, plume, dress - dress or groom with elaborate care; "She likes to dress when going to the opera"
--3 is one way to dress up, fig out, fig up, deck up, gussy up, fancy up, trick up, deck out, trick out, prink, attire, get up, rig out, tog up, tog out, overdress
Sample sentences:
They preen
They preen themselves
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