Search Result:spruce
KK Pronunciation
〔 sprus 〕
Pronunciation
〔 spru:s 〕
Overview of noun spruce
The noun spruce has 2 senses
- spruce -- (light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork)
- spruce -- (any coniferous tree of the genus Picea)
Overview of verb spruce
The verb spruce has 2 senses
- 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")
- spruce up, spruce, slick up, smarten up -- (dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion; "He spruced up for the party")
Overview of adj spruce
The adj spruce has 1 sense
- 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")