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Definition of Spruce

1. Adjective. Marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners. "A jaunty red hat"

2. Verb. Make neat, smart, or trim. "Titivate the child"

3. Noun. Light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork.

4. Verb. Dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion. "He spruced up for the party"

5. Noun. Any coniferous tree of the genus Picea.

Definition of Spruce

1. n. 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.

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

3. v. t. To dress with affected neatness; to trim; to make spruce.

4. v. i. To dress one's self with affected neatness; as, to spruce up.

Definition of Spruce

1. Noun. (obsolete) Prussia. ¹

2. Noun. Any of various large coniferous evergreen trees from the genus ''Picea'', found in northern temperate and boreal regions; originally and more fully spruce fir. ¹

3. Noun. The wood of a spruce. ¹

4. Noun. (context: used attributively) (non-gloss definition Made of the wood of the spruce.) ¹

5. Adjective. (comparable) Smart, trim, and elegant in appearance; fastidious (said of a person). ¹

6. Verb. (usually with ''up'') to arrange neatly; tidy up ¹

7. Verb. (usually with ''up'') to make oneself spruce (neat and elegant in appearance) ¹

8. Verb. to tease ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Spruce

1. neat and trim in appearance [adj SPRUCER, SPRUCEST] : SPRUCELY [adv] / to make spruce [v SPRUCED, SPRUCING, SPRUCES] - See also: spruce

Medical Definition of Spruce

1. 1. 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. 2. The wood or timber of the spruce tree. 3. Prussia leather; pruce. "Spruce, a sort of leather corruptly so called for Prussia leather." (E. Phillips) Douglas spruce, a handsome American grouse (Dendragapus Canadensis) found in Canada and the Northern United States. Synonym: Canada grouse. Origin: OE. Spruce or Pruse, Prussia, Prussian. So named because it was first known as a native of Prussia, or because its sprouts were used for making, spruce beer. Cf. Spruce beer, below, Spruce. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spruce

sproinged sproinging sproings sproingy sprong spront spronts sprote sprout sprouted

sprouted bread sprouteth sprouting sprouts sprouty spruce spruce bark beetle spruce beer spruce gall aphid spruce grouse

spruce pine spruce squirrel spruce up spruced spruced up sprucely spruceness sprucenesses sprucer spruces

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