(to) primp
101preen — verb 1) the robin preened its feathers Syn: clean, tidy, groom, smooth, arrange; archaic plume 2) she preened before the mirror Syn: admire oneself, primp oneself, groom oneself, spruce oneself up; informal titivate oneself, doll ones …
102spruce — 1. adjective the captain looked very spruce Syn: neat, well groomed, well turned out, well dressed, smart, trim, dapper, elegant, chic; informal natty, snazzy, spiffy Ant: untidy 2. verb 1) the cottage had been spruced up …
103adorn — v 1. decorate, embellish, trim, garnish, furbish, ornament, Archaic. dight, Archaic. ouch; embroider, elaborate, festoon, rubricate; array, bedizen, deck, deck out, bedeck, trap, trap out, caparison; dress, dress up, dress out, attire, accouter;… …
104beautify — v 1. adorn, prettify, grace, smarten, titivate, dress up, embellish, elaborate; enhance, heighten, set off, enrich, sweeten; bedeck, deck, deck out, array, ornament, fret, decorate, emblazon, garnish; spangle, bespangle, embroider, emboss,… …
105preen — v 1.(all of animals, esp. birds) plume, trim; groom, dress. 2.(all of oneself) primp, beautify, prettify, fix up, Inf. titivate, Inf. spruce up, Inf. doll up, Inf. gussy up, Sl. trick up, Sl. dude up, Sl. swank up, Sl. fig out; array, bedizen,… …
106prettify — v 1.Often Disparaging. pretty, pretty up, make pretty, beautify, make beautiful; dress up, Sl. jazz up, liven up, perk up, brighten up; spruce up, smarten up, Inf. titivate, Sl. spiff up; embellish, trim, garnish, decorate, adorn, deck, bedeck,… …
107prink — v 1. dress or dress up, deck or deck out, bedeck, bedizen, array, prank; decorate, adorn, ornament, trim, garnish, embellish; prettify, pretty, make pretty, beautify, make beautiful; perk up, brighten up, spruce up, smarten up, make smart, Inf.… …
108spruce — adj 1. trim, neat, dapper, looking as if one just stepped out of a bandbox, smart, natty, chic, Inf. slick, Sl. spiffy, sleek; tidy, orderly, well ordered, in good order, shipshape, Chiefly Dial. tight, Chiefly Brit. trig, Inf. neat as a pin,… …
109preen — [[t]prin[/t]] v. t. 1) zool. to trim or dress (feathers, fur, etc.) with the beak or tongue 2) to dress (oneself) carefully or smartly; primp 3) to pride (oneself) on an achievement, personal quality, etc 4) to make oneself appear striking or… …
110clothe — [v] cover with apparel accouter, apparel, array, attire, bedizen, bedrape, breech, bundle up, caparison, cloak, coat, costume, dandify, deck, disguise, dizen, do up*, drape, dress, dress up, dud*, endow, endue, enwrap, equip, fit, fit out, garb,… …
