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Synonyms for preen
prinpreen
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Princeton's WordNet
preen, plumeverb
clean with one's bill
"The birds preened"
Synonyms:
pride, primp, gazump, surcharge, plume, overcharge, dress, hook, rob, congratulate, fleece, soak, pluckpreen, congratulateverb
pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement
Synonyms:
pride, felicitate, primp, plume, dress, compliment, congratulatepreen, primp, plume, dressverb
dress or groom with elaborate care
"She likes to dress when going to the opera"
Synonyms:
line up, pride, decorate, hook, dress, dress out, clip, apparel, rob, primp, prune, garment, lop, trim, soak, overcharge, coif, surcharge, arrange, garb, raiment, coiffe, gazump, groom, coiffure, do, get dressed, plume, pluck, garnish, curry, congratulate, fit out, habilitate, dress up, clothe, tog, cut back, enclothe, set, snip, crop, fleece
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#47 | do | |
#189 | set | |
#2005 | apparel | |
#2549 | clip | |
#2868 | dress | |
#4158 | rob | |
#4700 | pride | |
#5613 | hook | |
#5648 | crop | |
#5998 | trim | |
#7475 | arrange | |
#8969 | fleece | |
#11535 | curry | |
#12675 | garment | |
#14900 | groom | |
#17021 | compliment | |
#17105 | decorate | |
#17166 | surcharge | |
#19340 | soak | |
#22890 | plume | |
#23816 | snip | |
#24649 | congratulate | |
#28085 | pluck | |
#31472 | garnish | |
#32728 | prune | |
#35247 | garb | |
#41636 | lop | |
#47241 | tog | |
#52288 | clothe | |
#70945 | raiment | |
#85954 | overcharge | |
#114999 | coif | |
#118633 | preen | |
#135482 | coiffure | |
#140126 | primp |
How to use preen in a sentence?
Hayward Beach asserted that Alexander the Great designed and named an instrument to preen the fur and whiskers of his 'camp-felines', the 'catacomb':
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