different between reen vs preen

English

Alternative forms

• rean
• rhyne

Noun

reen (plural reens)

1. A running waterway that links a ditch or stream to a river.

References

• Evans, Trevor (2007), Flora of Monmouthshire ?ISBN.

Anagrams

• NEER, Neer, Rene, erne, ne'er, neer

Esperanto

Adverb

reen

1. once more, again

Finnish

Noun

reen

1. Genitive singular form of reki.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?i?n/
• Rhymes: -i?n

Etymology 1

From Middle English pren, from Old English pr?on, from Proto-Germanic *preunaz (compare Icelandic prjónn (“pin, knitting-needle”), Danish pryne ‘needle, eel-spear’), from Proto-Indo-European *brewn- (“protrusion, tip, edge”) (compare Lithuanian briaunà ‘edge’, Albanian brez ‘belt, girdle’).The verb is from Middle English prenen, from pren (“a preen”).

Alternative forms

• prin (dialectal)

Noun

preen (plural preens)

1. A forked tool used by clothiers for dressing cloth.
2. (dialectal) pin
3. (dialectal) bodkin; brooch

Verb

preen (third-person singular simple present preens, present participle preening, simple past and past participle preened)

1. (transitive) To pin; fasten.

Etymology 2

Variant of prune (by influence of preen above). Attested in Chaucer (c. 1395) in the variants preyneth, prayneth, proyneth, prunyht, pruneth, from Old French proignier (“to trim the feathers with the beak”).

Verb

preen (third-person singular simple present preens, present participle preening, simple past and past participle preened)

1. (of birds) To groom; to trim or dress with the beak, as the feathers.
2. To show off, posture, or smarm.
3. (Britain, dialect, dated) To trim up, as trees.

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Translations

See also

• primp

Anagrams

• neper, perne

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English pren, from Old English pr?on, from Proto-Germanic *preunaz (“pin, knitting needle”).

Noun

preen (plural preens)

1. metal pin
2. pine needle

Derived terms

Verb

preen (third-person singular present preens, present participle preenin, past preent, past participle preent)

1. to pin (fasten with a pin)
2. to dress oneself up

Spanish

Verb

preen

1. Second-person plural (ustedes) present subjunctive form of prear.
2. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present subjunctive form of prear.
3. Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of prear.