preen

Other forms of preen

past tense

preened·

present participle

preening·

third person

preens·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about preen

What does preen mean?

preen means "clean with one's bill". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in preen?

preen has 1 syllable: preen. In IPA it is /ˈpɹin/.

What is another word for preen?

Close synonyms include plume, congratulate, primp, plume, dress. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is preen a common word?

preen is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with preen?

2 words rhyme with preen. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.