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Vaihtoehtoiset kirjoitusmuodot

  • (murteellinen) prin

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Määritelmät

Substantiivit

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

Verbit

  1. (transitive) To pin; fasten.
  2. (of birds, ambitransitive) To groom; to trim or dress the feathers with the beak.
  3. (of people, intransitive, reflexive) To spend time making oneself attractive and admiring one's appearance, e.g. in front of a mirror.
  4. (intransitive) To show off, posture, or smarm.
  5. (transitive) To flatter.
  6. (transitive) To comb; to make orderly.
  7. (transitive) To trim up, as trees.
  8. (transitive, more generally) To improve the appearance of; groom; prettify.

Esimerkit

  • His preening self-satisfaction, chest thrown forward as he settles into a chair in his mansion...
  • He preened under her compliments.
  • My poor kitty, gratified in its attempts to vie the rogue tomcat's attentions, started preening. Little did the poor, unsuspecting darling knew...

Taivutusmuodot

Partisiipin perfektipreened
Imperfektipreened
Partisiipin preesenspreening
Monikkopreens
Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesenspreens