v. 1 trim, clean, plume, groom The gliding swans stopped now and then to preen their feathers 2 primp, dress up, titivate or tittivate, prettify, beautify, prink, spruce up, deck (out), Colloq doll up, Brit tart up He made Sonia wait while he preened himself before the mirror
PREEN
Meaning of PREEN in English
Oxford thesaurus English vocab. Английский словарь Оксфорд тезаурус. 2012