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spruce ¹  (sprs)

n.

1.

a. Any of various coniferous evergreen trees of the genus Picea, having needlelike foliage, drooping cones, and soft wood often used for paper pulp.

b. Any of various similar or related trees.

c. The wood of any of these trees.

2. A grayish green to dark greenish black.

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[Short for obsolete Spruce fir, Prussian fir, from Middle English Spruce, Prussia, alteration of Pruce from Anglo-Norman Pruz, from Medieval Latin Prussia.]

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spruce ²  (sprs)

adj. spruc·er, spruc·est

Neat, trim, and smart in appearance: "a good-looking man; spruce and dapper, and very tidy" (Anthony Trollope).

v. spruced, spruc·ing, spruc·es

v.tr.

To make neat and trim: spruced up the chairs with new slipcovers.

v.intr.

To make oneself neat and smart in appearance: He was sprucing for the school dance.

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[Perhaps from obsolete spruce leather, Prussian leather, from Middle English Spruce, Prussia; see spruce¹.]

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sprucely adv.

spruceness n.

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spruce ¹

Noun

1. an evergreen pyramid-shaped tree with needle-like leaves

2. the light-coloured wood of this tree [obsolete Spruce Prussia]

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spruce ²

Adjective

neat and smart [perhaps from Spruce leather; see spruce¹]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	spruce - light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork spruce - any coniferous tree of the genus Picea wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
	2.	spruce - any coniferous tree of the genus Picea genus Picea, Picea - a genus of temperate and Arctic evergreen trees (see spruce) spruce - light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork Norway spruce, Picea abies - tall pyramidal spruce native to northern Europe having dark green foliage on spreading branches with pendulous branchlets and long pendulous cones Brewer's spruce, Picea breweriana, weeping spruce - medium-sized spruce of California and Oregon having pendulous branches Engelmann spruce, Engelmann's spruce, Picea engelmannii - tall spruce of Rocky Mountains and British Columbia with blue-green needles and acutely conic crown; wood used for rough lumber and boxes Picea glauca, white spruce - medium-sized spruce of northeastern North America having short blue-green leaves and slender cones black spruce, Picea mariana, spruce pine - small spruce of boggy areas of northeastern North America having spreading branches with dense foliage; inferior wood Picea obovata, Siberian spruce - tall spruce of northern Europe and Asia; resembles Norway spruce Picea sitchensis, Sitka spruce - a large spruce that grows only along the northwestern coast of the United States and Canada; has sharp stiff needles and thin bark; the wood has a high ratio of strength to weight oriental spruce, Picea orientalis - evergreen tree of the Caucasus and Asia Minor used as an ornamental having pendulous branchlets Colorado blue spruce, Colorado spruce, Picea pungens, silver spruce - tall spruce with blue-green needles and dense conic crown; older trees become columnar with lower branches sweeping downward eastern spruce, Picea rubens, red spruce, yellow spruce - medium-sized spruce of eastern North America; chief lumber spruce of the area; source of pulpwood conifer, coniferous tree - any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones
Verb	1.	spruce - make neat, smart, or trim; "Spruce up your house for Spring"; "titivate the child" slick up, smarten up, spiff up, spruce up, titivate, tittivate beautify, fancify, prettify, embellish - make more beautiful
	2.	spruce - dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion; "He spruced up for the party" slick up, smarten up, spruce up neaten, groom - care for one's external appearance; "He is always well-groomed"
Adj.	1.	spruce - marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat" jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, dapper, spiffy, dashing, snappy fashionable, stylish - being or in accordance with current social fashions; "fashionable clothing"; "the fashionable side of town"; "a fashionable cafe"

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spruce

adjective smart, trim, neat, elegant, dainty, dapper, natty (informal) well-groomed, well turned out, trig (archaic), (dialect) as if you had just stepped out of a bandbox, soigné or soignée << OPPOSITE untidy

Translations

spruce [spruːs] n (BOT) → pícea

adj → aseado, pulcro

spruce up vt (= tidy) → arreglar, acicalar (= smarten up) [+ room etc] → ordenar;

to spruce o.s. up → arreglarse

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spruce [spruːs] n → épicéa m

adj → net(te) → pimpant(e)

spruce up vt (= smarten up) [+ room etc] → apprêter;

to spruce o.s. up → se faire beau(belle)

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spruce [spruːs] n inv → Fichte f

adj → gepflegt, adrett

spruce up spruce vt → auf Vordermann bringen (inf);

to spruce o.s. up spruce → sein Äußeres pflegen

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spruce [spruːs] n → abete m rosso

adj → lindo/a; azzimato/a

spruce up vt (= tidy) → mettere in ordine (= smarten up) [+ room etc] → abbellire;

to spruce o.s. up → farsi bello/a

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spruce¹

adj spruce [spruːs]

neat and smart You're looking very spruce today. netjies أنيق ومُرَتَّب издокаран elegantní fiks adrett κομψός, περιποιημένος korralik, kena شيك tyylikäs pimpant מְטוּפַּח बना ठना kićen, dotjeran csinos necis elegante しゃれた 깔끔한, 말쑥한 išsičiustijęs uzposies kemas net, keurig (gekleed) pen, smart, i finpuss szykowny elegante îngrijit, dichisit нарядный elegantný vzmeten doteran prydlig, snygg เรียบร้อย şık ve zarif 整洁漂亮的 чепуристий, елегантний صاف ستھرا، چست bảnh bao 整洁漂亮的