Skip to definition.  Adjective: spruce
(sprucer,sprucest)  sproos     "a spruce young man";     -
dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, snappy,
pert Noun: spruce  sproos   1. Light soft moderately strong wood
of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork   2.
Any coniferous tree of the genus Picea Verb: spruce  sproos   1.
Make neat, smart, or trim     "Spruce up your house for Spring";
- spruce up, titivate, tittivate, smarten up, slick up, spiff up
2. Dress and groom with particular care, as for a special
occasion     "He spruced up for the party";     - spruce up,
slick up, smarten up  Derived forms: spruced, sprucer, spruces,
sprucest, sprucing  See also: fashionable, happening, stylish
Type of: beautify, conifer, coniferous tree, embellish, fancify,
groom, neaten, prettify, wood  Part of: genus Picea, Picea
Encyclopedia: Spruce, WI