Dress or groom with elaborate care.
Pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement.
1Even wild kakapos are known to approach, climb on, and preen people.
2Carefully, he began to preen, pulling out some feathers and smoothing others.
3He said you'd pine and you'd preen, and how very right he was.
4There were many store-windows to preen before, as in a mirror.
5Birds came there to drink and bathe and preen and dress their feathers.
6What's more, you get the caress and preen of high-class service.
7At this age redstart nestlings preen vigorously and fly short distances.
8Some of them do nothing all day but preen their feathers.
9The two resident ducks preen by the pond beyond the restaurant's deep window.
10No longer did she preen herself, as had been her wont.
11That's why it's stupid to preen oneself for having transcended morality.
12Some immortals would always primp and preen for the media, and some simply wouldn't.
13They also end up ingesting the oil when they preen, damaging their digestive tracts.
14His feathers shuddered visibly; he could no longer preen himself.
15Maria took Powell's hand dazedly, mechanically beginning to preen herself.
16The monitor fizzled out, and a preen light on the missiles console winked red.