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   Spruce

   /spro͞os/

   

   adjective

   • 1. neat in dress and appearance: "he looked as spruce as if he were getting married"

   verb

   • 1. make a person or place smarter or tidier: "the fund will be used to spruce up historic buildings" Similar smarten upmake smartertidy upmake tidymake neaterneaten upput in orderclean upinformal:do uptart upposh upgussy upgroom oneselftidy oneselfsmarten oneself upfreshen oneself uppreen oneselfprimp oneselfprink oneselfpretty oneselfbeautify oneselfhave a wash and brush-upinformal:titivate oneselfdoll oneself uptart oneself uparchaic:plume oneselftrig oneself

   Word Origin late 16th century: perhaps from spruce1 in the obsolete sense ‘Prussian’, in the phrase spruce (leather) jerkin.

   Derivatives

   • 1. sprucely adverb
   • 2. spruceness noun

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   What does spruce up mean?

   • A combination of " spruce " as in "to spruce up a place" and "spice" as in to "to spice it up ". The combined word means to both add life and fire to a decorating theme or event. 1) "Lets sprice this place up a little!" 2) "This party's a little dead, lets sprice it up!" 3) "It's the sprice of life baby!" Get a Sprice mug for your boyfriend Abdul.

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   What does it mean to spruce up for a wedding?

   • Spruce is a verb that means you pay special attention to your personal appearance, especially your grooming and clothing. If you want to spruce up for a wedding, you'll need to rent a tuxedo and do something with your hair. Spruce can also mean that you're making something else look better.

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   What is a spruce tree?

   • any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Picea, of the pine family, having short, angular, needle-shaped leaves attached singly around twigs and bearing hanging cones with persistent scales. any of various allied trees, as the Douglas fir and the hemlock spruce. the wood of any such tree. made from the wood of a spruce tree or trees.

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   What is spruce noun?

   • Definition of spruce noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary [countable, uncountable] an evergreen forest tree with leaves like needles Topics Plants and trees c2 Questions about grammar and vocabulary? Find the answers with Practical English Usage online, your indispensable guide to problems in English.

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   Spruce is a verb, adjective, or noun that means to make or make oneself spruce, to make oneself spruce, or to make oneself spruce. It can also mean to make oneself spruce, to make oneself spruce, or to make oneself spruce. See synonyms, examples, etymology, and related words of spruce.

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   noun. light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork. see more. adjective. marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners. synonyms: dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, snappy, spiffy. fashionable, stylish. being or in accordance with current social fashions. verb. make neat, smart, or trim.

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   Spruce is a word that can refer to various coniferous evergreen trees of the genus Picea, having needle-like leaves, conic shape, pendulous cones, and soft wood. It can also mean the wood of these trees, or a grayish green to dark greenish black color. See different sources and related terms for spruce.

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