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Spruce
see synonyms of spruceNoun
1. spruce
light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork
2. spruce
any coniferous tree of the genus Picea
Verb
3. slick up, smarten up, spiff up, spruce, spruce up, titivate, tittivate
make neat, smart, or trim
Example Sentences:'Spruce up your house for Spring''titivate the child'
4. slick up, smarten up, spruce, spruce up
dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion
Example Sentences:'He spruced up for the party'
Adjective
5. dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, snappy, spiffy, spruce
marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
Example Sentences:'a dapper young man''a jaunty red hat'
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Spruce
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Spruce
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Spruce
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