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  1. preens: Merriam-Webster
  2. preens: Collins English Dictionary
  3. preens: Vocabulary.com
  4. preens: Wordnik
  5. preens: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. preens: Wiktionary
  7. preens: Dictionary.com
  8. preens: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. preens: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See preen as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (preen)

noun:  A forked tool used by clothiers for dressing cloth.
noun:  (dialectal) pin
noun:  (dialectal) bodkin; brooch
verb:  (transitive) To pin; fasten.
verb:  (of birds, ambitransitive) To groom; to trim or dress the feathers with the beak.
verb:  (of people, intransitive, reflexive) To spend time making oneself attractive and admiring one's appearance, e.g. in front of a mirror.
verb:  (intransitive) To show off, posture, or smarm.
verb:  (transitive) To flatter.
verb:  (transitive) To comb; to make orderly.
verb:  (transitive) To trim up, as trees.
verb:  (transitive, more generally) To improve the appearance of; groom; prettify.
▸ Also see preen





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