preened in English

verb
1
(of a bird) straighten and clean its feathers with its beak.
robins preened at the pool's edge
synonyms:cleantidygroomsmootharrangeplume
verb

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1. The Cockerel preened his feathers.

2. Five reed buntings preened at the pool's edge.

3. When properly preened the barbicels all hook up to their nearby Barbules

4. The Baboon took the cub up into a tree and preened it as if

5. Mist hung over the water and the huge concourse of duck swam and ducked and preened.

6. When properly preened the Barbicels all hook up to their nearby barbules and the feather vane is smooth

7. 21 A pair of black-headed, white collared reed buntings preened on bracken fronds, their white-edged tails constantly flickering.

8. 16 At lunchtime we streaked through Elkhorn Slough, a salt marsh reserve near Monterey,[www.Sentencedict.com] where egrets preened and massive sea lions lolled in the mud.

9. Synonyms for Basked in include congratulated oneself, delighted in, felt proud about, felt proud of, flattered oneself on, gloried in, preened oneself on, took pride in, exulted in and felt satisfaction at