"preening" meaning in All languages combined

See preening on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: preenings [plural]
Rhymes: -iːnɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} preening (plural preenings)
  1. A grooming or posturing.
    Sense id: en-preening-en-noun-mMkfsDbo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14

Verb [English]

Rhymes: -iːnɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} preening
  1. present participle and gerund of preen Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: preen
    Sense id: en-preening-en-verb-R6vczixW

Inflected forms

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  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "preening",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "preen"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "present participle and gerund of preen"
      ],
      "id": "en-preening-en-verb-R6vczixW",
      "links": [
        [
          "preen",
          "preen#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "gerund",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːnɪŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "preening"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "preenings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "preening (plural preenings)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "83 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "78 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "86 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2008 April 1, Alastair Macaulay, “Miami Spice: Saucy Club Crawlers Flirt, Sulk and Spar to a Crossover Beat”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "Katia Carranza, Jennifer Carlynn Kronenberg and Callie Manning are asked to do standard Hispanic preenings: hands on hips, placing weight on one leg while displaying the other thigh.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A grooming or posturing."
      ],
      "id": "en-preening-en-noun-mMkfsDbo",
      "links": [
        [
          "groom",
          "groom"
        ],
        [
          "posturing",
          "posture"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːnɪŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "preening"
}
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English nouns",
    "English verb forms",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/iːnɪŋ",
    "Rhymes:English/iːnɪŋ/2 syllables"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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      },
      "expansion": "preening",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        }
      ],
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      ],
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        ]
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːnɪŋ"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English nouns",
    "English verb forms",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/iːnɪŋ",
    "Rhymes:English/iːnɪŋ/2 syllables"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "preenings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "preening (plural preenings)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2008 April 1, Alastair Macaulay, “Miami Spice: Saucy Club Crawlers Flirt, Sulk and Spar to a Crossover Beat”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "Katia Carranza, Jennifer Carlynn Kronenberg and Callie Manning are asked to do standard Hispanic preenings: hands on hips, placing weight on one leg while displaying the other thigh.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A grooming or posturing."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "groom",
          "groom"
        ],
        [
          "posturing",
          "posture"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːnɪŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "preening"
}

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