preen

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A forked tool used by clothiers for dressing cloth.
2. pin
3. bodkin; brooch

Verb

To pin; fasten.

Verb

1. To groom; to trim or dress the feathers with the beak.
2. To spend time making oneself attractive and admiring one's appearance, e.g. in front of a mirror.
3. To show off, posture, or smarm.
4. To flatter.
5. To comb; to make orderly.
6. To trim up, as trees.
7. To improve the appearance of; groom; prettify.

Concepten

gladstrijken

Synoniemen

plume

dress

👗

congratulate

spruce

primp

get up

groom

prink

rake

reconcile

settle

smarten up

smooth out

smooth over

smarten oneself up

untwist

doll oneself up

doll up

rig out

spruce up

tog up

curry

🍛

currycomb

do up

dress up

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/pɹiːn/

Etymologie (Engels)

From Middle English pren, from Old English prēon, from Proto-Germanic *preunaz (compare Icelandic prjónn (“pin, knitting-needle”), Danish pryne (“needle, eel-spear”)), of uncertain origin, but perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *brewn- (“protrusion, tip, edge”) (compare Lithuanian briaunà (“edge”), Albanian brez (“belt, girdle”)). Cognate with German Pfriem.
The verb is from Middle English prenen, from pren (“a preen”), akin to German pfriemen.