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— English words —

• preen n. A forked tool used by clothiers for dressing cloth.
• preen n. (Dialectal) pin.
• preen n. (Dialectal) bodkin; brooch.
• preen v. (Transitive) To pin; fasten.
• preen v. (Of birds, transitive, intransitive) To groom; to trim or dress with the beak, as the feathers.
• preen v. (Of people, intransitive, reflexive) To spend time making oneself attractive and admiring one’s appearance…
• preen v. (Intransitive) To show off, posture, or smarm.
• preen v. (Transitive) To flatter.
• preen v. (Transitive) To comb; to make orderly.
• preen v. (Transitive) To trim up, as trees.
• preen v. (Transitive, more generally) To improve the appearance of; groom; prettify.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Scots
  • preen n. Metal pin.
  • preen n. Pine needle.
  • preen v. To pin (fasten with a pin).
  • preen v. To dress oneself up.

— English word, defined in French —

• preen v. Parader, se rengorger.

— English words, defined in Italian —

• preen s. (Araldica) strumento a forma di rastrello utilizzato per lisciare la stoffa.
• preen s. Lisciarsi, detto in particolare degli uccelli che si lisciano le penne con il becco.

— In Spanish —

• preen v. Tercera persona del plural (ellas, ellos; ustedes, 2.ª persona)…
• preen v. Segunda persona del plural (ustedes) del imperativo de prear.

53 English words from 15 English definitions

admiring and appearance attractive beak birds bodkin brooch cloth clothiers comb Dialectal dress dressing fasten feathers flatter for forked generally groom improve intransitive make making Metal more needle off one oneself orderly people pin Pine Pine␣needle posture prettify reflexive show show␣off smarm spend spend␣time the time tool transitive trees trim trim␣up used with

8 English words from 5 foreign definitions

che con del Parader penne per persona plural

23 foreign words from 5 foreign definitions

Araldica becco degli detto ellas ellos forma imperativo lisciano particolare prear rastrello rengorger Segunda Segunda␣persona se␣rengorger stoffa strumento Tercera Tercera␣persona uccelli ustedes utilizzato

29 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

preens preened preener preenact preeners preening preen␣oil preenacts preengage preenings preen␣oils preenacted preengaged preengages preeningly preenacting preenaction preengaging preenactment preenrolment preenactments preendodontic preengagement preenrichment preenrollment preenveloping preengagements preentocristid preenergization

7 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

Spreens outpreens unpreened outpreened allopreened outpreening allopreening

3 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Spreen outpreen allopreen

11 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

een -een e'en pre pre- pree Pree ree Ree REE reen

12 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

eer EER -eer e'er ERP nee Nee née neer Neer NEER ne'er

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

neper perne

34 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

Hepner Kepner nepers opener paneer peener Pender Pendre penger penker penner Penner Perean pereon perine perken perone Perone -perone Perren poneer preens premen prenex Priene pyrene reopen repane repent repine repone repyne Spreen terpen

20 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

erne Erne neep neer Neer NEER ne'er peen peer pene pene- pere Pere père pern pree Pree reen Reep Rene

13 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

Breen dreen green Green Green. preed preem prees Prees Prehn preon treen Treen

4 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

peen pree Pree reen

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

premen

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