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spruce
verb(spruce)
dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion
Synonyms: slick up, smarten up, spruce up,
Examples:
He spruced up for the party.
spruce
adjective(spruce)
marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
Synonyms: dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, snappy, spiffy,
spruce
verb(spruce)
make neat, smart, or trim
Synonyms: slick up, smarten up, spiff up, spruce up, titivate, tittivate,
spruce
noun(spruce)
any coniferous tree of the genus Picea
spruce
noun(spruce)
light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork

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