Dictionary Entry
preen
preen is a 5-letter English word with 6 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A forked tool used by clothiers in dressing cloth. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A forked tool used by clothiers in dressing cloth.
- 2noun
To dress with, or as with, a preen; to trim or dress with the beak, as the feathers; -- said of birds.
- 3noun
To trim up, as trees.
- 4verb
dress or groom with elaborate care
"She likes to dress when going to the opera"
- 5verb
pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement
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- 6verb
clean with one's bill
"The birds preened"
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