preen
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1. preen - Noun
2. preen - Verb
Meaning
A forked tool used by clothiers in dressing cloth.
To dress with, or as with, a preen; to trim or dress with the beak, as the feathers; -- said of birds.
To trim up, as trees.
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The Rose does not preen herself to catch my eye. She blooms because she blooms. A saint is a saint until he knows he is one.
Young men preen. Old men scheme.
Pictures of politicians preen across our TV screens, pretensions plaques and posters fill our minds and magazines. Promises a burning match, igniting dreams of straw...
She likes to dress when going to the opera
The birds preened
In some birds, feather colors may be created, or altered, by secretions from the uropygial gland, also called the preen gland.