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Greens vs Preens - What's the difference?

greens | preens |

As verbs the difference between greens and preens

is that greens is third-person singular of green while preens is third-person singular of preen.

As a noun greens

is plural of lang=en.

As a proper noun Greens

is a green party.

greens

English

Noun

(head)
  • (plurale tantum) The leaves of certain edible green plants, especially of brassicas, eaten as a vegetable.
  • (plurale tantum) Any vegetables eaten by humans, regardless of colour.
  • Derived terms

    * beet greens * collard greens * dandelion greens * leafy greens * mess of greens * salad greens * spring greens * turnip greens * warrigal greens

    Verb

    (head)
  • (green)
  • Anagrams

    * English plurals ----

    preens

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (preen)
  • Anagrams

    *

    preen

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) pren, from (etyl) ‘edge’, Albanian brez ‘belt, girdle’). The verb is from (etyl) prenen, from .

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (dialectal)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A forked tool used by clothiers for dressing cloth.
  • (dialectal) pin
  • (dialectal) bodkin; brooch
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • 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 (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (of birds) To groom; to trim or dress with the beak, as the feathers.
  • To show off, posture, or smarm.
  • * 1993 , Scott Simmon, The Films of D W Griffith
  • His preening self-satisfaction, chest thrown forward as he settles into a chair in his mansion...
  • * 2004 , Jude Deveraux, Counterfeit Lady
  • He preened under her compliments.
  • (UK, dialect, dated) To trim up, as trees.
  • (Halliwell)

    See also

    * primp

    Anagrams

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