A duck will preen its feathers many times over the course of the day.
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Preen
//pɹiːn//
Synonyms for "preen" (105 found)
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1 entrieshas context
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2 entriesTranslations
30 translations across 13 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- кипря се verb (to show off)
- чистя си перата verb (to groom (of birds))
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 用喙整理羽毛 verb (to groom (of birds))
Czech
4 entries- fintit se verb (to spend time making oneself attractive and admiring one's appearance (of people))
- naparovat se verb (to show off)
- pyšnit se verb (to show off)
- čistit si verb (to groom (of birds))
Danish
1 entries- pudse verb (to groom (of birds))
Dutch
4 entries- gladstrijken verb (to groom (of birds))
- opsmukken uitdossen verb (to spend time making oneself attractive and admiring one's appearance (of people))
- poetsen verb (to groom (of birds))
- pronken verb (to show off)
Finnish
1 entries- sukia verb (to groom (of birds))
German
3 entries- herausputzen verb (to spend time making oneself attractive and admiring one's appearance (of people))
- putzen verb (to groom (of birds))
- sich brüsten verb (to show off)
Irish
1 entries- cluimhrigh verb (to groom (of birds))
Khmer
1 entries- សសិត verb (to groom (of birds))
Russian
4 entries- почи́ститься verb (to groom (of birds))
- прихора́шиваться verb (to groom (of birds))
- прихора́шиваться verb (to spend time making oneself attractive and admiring one's appearance (of people))
- прихороши́ться verb (to groom (of birds))
Spanish
1 entries- ostentar verb (to show off)
Swedish
1 entries- putsa verb (to groom (of birds))
Vietnamese
1 entries- rỉa verb (to groom (of birds))
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
She never seemed to want for siller; the house was as bright as a new preen, the yaird better delved than the manse garden; […]
Source: wiktionary
Mr Kernan halted and preened himself before the sloping mirror of Peter Kennedy, hairdresser. Stylish coat, beyond a doubt. Scott of Dawson street. Well worth the half sovereign I gave Neary for it.
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His preening self-satisfaction, chest thrown forward as he settles into a chair in his mansion...
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