preen

Etymology 1
From, from , from (compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬), of uncertain origin, but perhaps from  (compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬). Cognate with 🇨🇬. The verb is from, from , akin to 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) A forked tool used by clothiers for dressing cloth.
 * 2)  pin
 * 3)  bodkin; brooch
 * 1)  bodkin; brooch

Verb

 * 1)  To pin; fasten.

Etymology 2
Variant of (by influence of  above). Attested in Chaucer (c. 1395) in the variants preyneth, prayneth, proyneth, prunyht, pruneth, from.

Verb

 * 1)  To groom; to trim or dress the feathers with the beak.
 * 2)  To spend time making oneself attractive and admiring one's appearance, e.g. in front of a mirror.
 * 3)  To show off, posture, or smarm.
 * 4)  To flatter.
 * 5)  To comb; to make orderly.
 * 6)  To trim up, as trees.
 * 7)  To improve the appearance of; groom; prettify.
 * 1)  To flatter.
 * 2)  To comb; to make orderly.
 * 3)  To trim up, as trees.
 * 4)  To improve the appearance of; groom; prettify.
 * 1)  To comb; to make orderly.
 * 2)  To trim up, as trees.
 * 3)  To improve the appearance of; groom; prettify.
 * 1)  To comb; to make orderly.
 * 2)  To trim up, as trees.
 * 3)  To improve the appearance of; groom; prettify.
 * 1)  To trim up, as trees.
 * 2)  To improve the appearance of; groom; prettify.
 * 1)  To trim up, as trees.
 * 2)  To improve the appearance of; groom; prettify.
 * 1)  To improve the appearance of; groom; prettify.
 * 1)  To improve the appearance of; groom; prettify.
 * 1)  To improve the appearance of; groom; prettify.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: чистя си перата
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 用喙整理羽毛(鸟)
 * Czech:
 * Danish: pudse
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Irish: cluimhrigh
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Vietnamese:


 * Czech: šlechtit se, fintit se, šňořit se
 * German: herausputzen
 * Russian: ,


 * Bulgarian: кипря се
 * Czech: naparovat se, pyšnit se
 * German: sich brüsten
 * Spanish:

Etymology
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) metal pin
 * 2) pine needle

Verb

 * 1) to pin fasten with a pin
 * 2) to dress oneself up