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Preen

Preen | Preening | Preened

Preen meaning

A forked tool used by clothiers for dressing cloth. | A pin. | A bodkin; brooch.

Example sentences (12)

Preen surged through the final kilometres to finish strong, as Lill’s nearest rival.

Preen that plumage and make heads turn.

Emilia Wickstead and Preen win praise for casting models in their 50s and 60s in their.

Rest In Peace, Magnificent One, Creator of the Preen and the Rock and Roll Scream.

That he did not preen his hair.

This also prompted the government’s resorts manager, Namibia Wildlife Resorts, to preen its ruffled feathers in preparation for a gradual resumption of international tourism.

The floor was “sodden from ducks throwing water over themselves to preen”, activists added.

Last year, collaborations with Jeremy Scott – in which Uggs were decorated with flame prints or encrusted with jewels – and British label Preen piqued the fashion pack’s interest again.

In some birds, feather colors may be created, or altered, by secretions from the uropygial gland, also called the preen gland.

Like most other ratites, they have no uropygial gland (preen gland).

The pecten is also used to preen feathers and to hold slippery food items.

To retain the softness and silent flight, the barn owl cannot use the preen oil or powder dust that other species use for waterproofing.