preen

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A forked tool used by clothiers for dressing cloth.
2. isim A pin.

   “She never seemed to want for siller; the house was as bright as a new preen, the yaird better delved than the manse garden; […]”

3. isim A bodkin; brooch.
4. fiil To pin; fasten.
5. fiil To groom; to trim or dress the feathers with the beak.
6. fiil To spend time making oneself attractive and admiring one's appearance, e.g. in front of a mirror.

   “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.”

7. fiil To show off, posture, or smarm.

   “His preening self-satisfaction, chest thrown forward as he settles into a chair in his mansion...”

8. fiil To flatter.

   “New York nurtured and preened the most sophisticated audiences in the nation.”

9. fiil To comb; to make orderly.

   “My two roommates are engineers who preen the diesels.”

10. fiil To trim up, as trees.

    “Adjusting his spectacles on the bridge of his nose, he gently preened the bush with his pruners.”

11. fiil To improve the appearance of; groom; prettify.

    “He brushed and preened the marquis, front and back. “Lucky we are, Your Grace, no gashes that I see. But the beard is in a woeful state —””