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Definition of 'Spruce'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) spruce
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Picea, of the pine family, having short angular needle-shaped leaves attached singly around twigs.

2. spruce
any of various allied trees, as the Douglas fir.

3. spruce
the wood of any such tree.

4. (adj.) spruce
trim in dress or appearance; neat.

5. (v.t.) spruce
to make spruce (often fol. by up).

6. (v.i.) spruce
to make oneself spruce (usu. fol. by up).

Etymology: (1580–90; perh. <spruce leather, i.e., leather imported from Prussia (see spruce¹))

Definition of 'Spruce'

Princeton's WordNet

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

2. (adj) spruce
any coniferous tree of the genus Picea

3. (verb) dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, snappy, spruce
marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
"a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat"

4. (verb) spruce up, spruce, titivate, tittivate, smarten up, slick up, spiff up
make neat, smart, or trim
"Spruce up your house for Spring"; "titivate the child"

5. (verb) spruce up, spruce, slick up, smarten up
dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion
"He spruced up for the party"

Definition of 'Spruce'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) spruce
an evergreen tree
a stand of spruces

2. spruce
the soft wood of this tree
***floors made of spruce

3. (verb) spruce
to make look newer or cleaner
A few new cushions will spruce up the couch.

Definition of 'Spruce'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) Spruce
any coniferous tree of the genus Picea, as the Norway spruce (P. excelsa), and the white and black spruces of America (P. alba and P. nigra), besides several others in the far Northwest. See Picea

2. (adj) Spruce
the wood or timber of the spruce tree

3. (adj) Spruce
prussia leather; pruce

4. (noun) Spruce
neat, without elegance or dignity; -- formerly applied to things with a serious meaning; now chiefly applied to persons

5. (noun) Spruce
sprightly; dashing

6. (verb) Spruce
to dress with affected neatness; to trim; to make spruce

7. (verb) Spruce
to dress one's self with affected neatness; as, to spruce up

Translation of 'Spruce'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: neat and smart You're looking very spruce today.
Afrikaans: netjies	Arabic: أنيق ومُرَتَّب	Bulgarian: издокаран
Brazilian: elegante	Czech: elegantní	German: adrett
Danish: fiks	Greek: κομψός, περιποιημένος	Estonian: korralik, kena
Farsi: شيك	Finnish: siisti	French: pimpant
Hebrew: מְטוּפַּח	Hindi: बना ठना	Croatian: kićen, dotjeran
Hungarian: csinos	Indonesian: necis	Italian: elegante
Japanese: しゃれた	Korean: 깔끔한	Lithuanian: išsičiustijęs
Latvian: uzposies	Malay: kemas	Dutch: net, keurig (gekleed)
Norwegian: pen, smart, i finpuss	Polish: szykowny	Portuguese: elegante
Romanian: îngrijit, dichisit	Russian: нарядный	Slovak: elegantný
Slovenian: vzmeten	Serbian: doteran	Swedish: prydlig, snygg
Thai: เรียบร้อย	Turkish: şık ve zarif	Taiwanese: 整潔漂亮的
Ukrainian: чепуристий, елегантний	Urdu: صاف ستھرا، چست	Vietnamese: bảnh bao
Chinese: 整洁漂亮的
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