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Adjective spruce has 1 sense
  1. dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, smart, spiffy, snappy, spruce - marked by smartness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat"
    Antonyms: unfashionable, unstylish (indirect, via fashionable)
,Noun spruce has 2 senses
  1. spruce - light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork
    --1 is a kind of     wood
    --1 is a substance of spruce
  2. spruce - any coniferous tree of the genus Picea
    --2 is a kind of     conifer, coniferous tree
    --2 is a member of Picea, genus Picea
    --2 has substance: spruce
    --2 has particulars:
     Norway spruce, Picea abies; weeping spruce, Brewer's spruce, Picea breweriana; Engelmann spruce, Engelmann's spruce, Picea engelmannii; white spruce, Picea glauca; black spruce, Picea mariana, spruce pine; Siberian spruce, Picea obovata; Sitka spruce, Picea sitchensis; oriental spruce, Picea orientalis; Colorado spruce, Colorado blue spruce, silver spruce, Picea pungens; red spruce, eastern spruce, yellow spruce, Picea rubens
,Verb spruce has 2 senses
  1. 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"
    --1 is one way to beautify, embellish, prettify
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  2. spruce up, spruce, slick up, smarten up - dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion; "He spruced up for the party"
    --2 is one way to groom, neaten
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s somebody
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