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1. Clean with one's bill
   "The birds preened";
   - plume
    
2. Pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement
   - congratulate
    
3. Dress or groom with elaborate care
   "She likes to preen when going to the opera";
   - primp, plume, dress

Derived forms: preens, preening, preened

Type of: arrange, attire, clean, crow, deck out, deck up, doll up [informal], dress up, fancy up [informal], fig out [informal], fig up [informal], get up, gloat, gussy up [N. Amer, informal], make clean, overdress, prink, rig out, set up, tog out [informal], tog up [informal], trick out, trick up, triumph

Encyclopedia: Preen