Birds preen their feathers to keep them clean.

Meaning: Birds clean their feathers to keep them neat and free from dirt.

Choice of Words: Birds are animals that can fly. Preen means to clean or groom oneself. Feathers are the soft, light covering on a bird's body. Keep means to have or hold something. Them refers to feathers. Clean means free from dirt or stains.

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Birds groom their feathers to keep them clean.

Meaning: This means that birds use their beaks to clean their feathers so that they stay free from dirt and other unwanted substances.

Choice of Words: Birds are warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves, characterized by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton. Groom means to clean or brush something. Feathers are lightweight structures composed mostly of keratin that form the distinctive outer covering of birds. To keep means to maintain or continue something. Them refers to the feathers. Clean means free from dirt, dust, or other unwanted substances.

Birds clean their feathers to keep them tidy.

Meaning: This means that birds use their beaks to clean their feathers so that they stay free from dirt and other unwanted substances and look neat.

Choice of Words: Birds are warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves, characterized by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton. Clean means to remove dirt, dust, or other unwanted substances from something. Feathers are lightweight structures composed mostly of keratin that form the distinctive outer covering of birds. To keep means to maintain or continue something. Them refers to the feathers. Tidy means clean and organized.

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