to primp and preen
1primp — [v] beautify and dress nicely deck out*, dress up, fix up, get dressed up, groom, gussy up*, preen, prepare, slick*, smarten, spiff, spruce, titivate; concept 202 Ant. mess up, uglify …
2preen — [v] admire and clean oneself beautify, clean, doll up, groom, prettify, pretty, primp, prink, spruce up, tidy; concept 161 …
3preen — [prēn] vt. [ME preynen, altered (infl. by preonen, to prick with a pin < preon < OE, a pin) < proinen, to PRUNE3] 1. to clean and trim (the feathers) with the beak: said of birds 2. to make (oneself) trim; dress up or adorn (oneself) 3.… …
4preen — Synonyms and related words: adorn, array, beautify, bedeck, bedizen, blazon, brush up, clean, color, dandify, deck, deck out, decorate, dizen, doll up, dress, dress up, embellish, emblazon, embroider, enrich, fettle, fig out, fix up, furbish,… …
5primp — Synonyms and related words: adorn, array, beautify, bedeck, bedizen, blazon, color, dandify, deck, deck out, decorate, dizen, doll up, dress, dress up, embellish, emblazon, embroider, enrich, fancy up, fig out, fix up, furbish, garnish, get up,… …
6primp — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. prink, preen, groom, bedizen, prettify, freshen up, deck out (inf.), put one s face on (inf.), doll up (sl.). See ornament. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. make one s toilet, paint and powder*, get dressed… …
7preen — I. noun Etymology: Middle English prene, from Old English prēon; akin to Middle High German pfrieme awl Date: before 12th century 1. dialect chiefly British pin 2. dialect chiefly British brooch II. transitive verb …
8dress — Synonyms and related words: Mother Hubbard, accouter, adorn, anoint, apparel, appoint, arm, armory, arrange, array, attire, backset, badge, badge of office, badges, ballet skirt, bandage, bathe, baton, bawl out, beautify, bedeck, bedizen,… …
9trim — Synonyms and related words: Attic, Ciceronian, abbreviate, ability, abridge, abstain, abstract, adjoin, adjunct, adjustment, adorn, adornment, affix, all ataunto, anal, anchor, annex, apoise, apparel, arrange, arrangement, array, ataunt, athletic …
10array — Synonyms and related words: Indian file, adduce, adorn, advance, align, allege, allocate, allocation, allot, allotment, apparel, apportion, apportionment, armed force, armed service, army, arrange, arrangement, arranging, arraying, articulation,… …
