Preen

[priːn] or [prin]

(verb.) dress or groom with elaborate care; 'She likes to dress when going to the opera'.

(verb.) pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement.

(verb.) clean with one's bill; 'The birds preened'.

Typed by Benjamin--From WordNet

(n.) A forked tool used by clothiers in dressing cloth.

(n.) To dress with, or as with, a preen; to trim or dress with the beak, as the feathers; -- said of birds.

(n.) To trim up, as trees.

Typed by Doreen

v.t. to compose and arrange as birds do their feathers.

n. (Scot.) a pin.—v.t. to fasten.

Checked by Edmond