📖 Definitions of "Preens"
verb
- 1
To pin; fasten.
verb
- 1
(of birds) To groom; to trim or dress with the beak, as the feathers.
- 2
To show off, posture, or smarm.
- 3
To trim up, as trees.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Preens"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| dressverb | (transitive) (also reflexive and figuratively) To put clothes (or, formerly, armour) on (oneself or someone, a doll, a mannequin, etc.); to clothe. |
| primpverb | (intransitive) To spend time improving one's appearance, often in front of a mirror. |
| plumeverb | (transitive, also figurative) To adorn, cover, or furnish with feathers or plumes, or as if with feathers or plumes. |
| congratulateverb | To express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for |
| prideverb | (reflexive) To take or experience pride in something; to be proud of it. |
| primpsverb | (intransitive) To spend time improving one's appearance, often in front of a mirror. |
| prancesverb | (colloquial, figuratively) To strut about in a showy manner. |
| poutsverb | (intransitive) To be or pretend to be ill-tempered; to sulk. |
| grovelsverb | (intransitive) To abase oneself before another person. |
| sauntersverb | (intransitive) To stroll, or walk at a leisurely pace. |
| waddlesverb | (intransitive) To walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side. |
| skulksverb | To move in a stealthy or furtive way; to come or go while trying to avoid detection. |
| leersverb | (intransitive) To look sideways or obliquely; now especially with sexual desire or malicious intent. |
| sashaysverb | (intransitive) To walk casually, showily, or in a flirty manner; to strut, swagger or flounce. |
| slinksverb | (intransitive) To sneak about furtively. |
| shoosverb | (transitive, informal) To induce someone or something to leave. |
| declaimsverb | To recite, e.g., poetry, in a theatrical way; to speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; bemouth; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant. |
| prattlesverb | (ambitransitive) To speak incessantly and in an inconsequential or childish manner; to babble. |
| oglesverb | A surname. |
| scampersverb | (intransitive) To run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful or undignified manner. |
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