A forked tool used by clothiers for dressing cloth. / (dialectal) pin / (dialectal) bodkin; brooch

(transitive) To pin; fasten.

(of birds, transitive, intransitive) To groom; to trim or dress with the beak, as the feathers.

present participle of preen

A grooming or posturing.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preen

simple past tense and past participle of preen

plural of preening

Oil produced by the uropygial gland in birds, used in preening.

plural of preen oil