spruce (n.)

  1. light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork

  2. any coniferous tree of the genus Picea

    spruce (adj.)

  1. marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; a dapper young man; a jaunty red hat

    [ Syn: dapper , dashing , jaunty , natty , raffish , rakish , spiffy , snappy ]

    spruce (v.)

  1. make neat, smart, or trim; Spruce up your house for Spring; titivate the child

    [ Syn: spruce up , titivate , tittivate , smarten up , slick up , spiff up ]

  2. dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion; He spruced up for the party

    [ Syn: spruce up , slick up , smarten up ]

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