simple past tense and past participle of preen

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

plural of preening

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

plural of preen oil