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spruce

(spr/u/s )

Neat, without elegance or dignity; -- formerly applied to things with a serious meaning; now chiefly applied to persons.(adjective)

source: webster1913

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

source: wordnet30
any coniferous tree of the genus Picea(noun.plant)

source: wordnet30
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.(noun)

source: webster1913

make neat, smart, or trim(verb.change)

Example:
Spruce up your house for Spring.

Synonym:
slick up, smarten up, spiff up, spruce up, titivate, tittivate

source: wordnet30
dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion(verb.body)

Example:
He spruced up for the party.

Synonym:
slick up, smarten up, spruce up

source: wordnet30
To dress with affected neatness; to trim; to make spruce.(verb)

source: webster1913
To dress one's self with affected neatness; as, to spruce up.(verb)

source: webster1913

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