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preen - dress or groom with elaborate care; "She likes to dress when going to the opera" |
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primp,
plume,
dress |
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attire,
trick out,
tog up,
tog out,
rig out,
gussy up,
fig up,
fig out,
fancy up,
deck up,
deck out,
trick up,
overdress,
prink,
dress up,
get up put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party"
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| 2. |
preen - pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement |
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congratulate |
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gloat,
crow,
triumph dwell on with satisfaction
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| 3. |
preen - clean with one's bill; "The birds preened" |
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plume |
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arrange,
set up arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"
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make clean,
clean remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits; "Clean the turkey"
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