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Definition of Spruce up
1. Verb. Make neat, smart, or trim. "Titivate the child"
Generic synonyms: Beautify, Embellish, Fancify, Prettify
Derivative terms: Titivation, Tittivation
2. Verb. Dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion. "He spruced up for the party"
Definition of Spruce up
1. Verb. (idiomatic) To dress or arrange smartly, elegantly, and neatly ¹
2. Verb. (idiomatic) To refresh, revamp; to freshen or improve something, especially its appearance ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spruce Up
Literary usage of Spruce up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Permafrost: North American Contribution [to The] Second International Conference by Building Research Advisory Board Staff (1973)
"Of the four sites, site A supports black spruce up to 6 m high and dense growth,
... Site B supports open stunted black spruce up to 4 m high with 1.5-3 m ..."
2. Handbook for Newspaper Workers, Treating Grammar, Punctuation, English by Grant Milnor Hyde (1921)
"The infinitive sign to should be repeated in a series of infinitives: Faulty —
He began to advertise, dress his windows, and in general spruce up his ..."
3. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1907)
"That portion of the township lying west of the Mattagami River is of a more or
less rolling character timbered with spruce up to sixteen inches in diameter, ..."
4. The Gulf States: A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Agriculture, Hoticulture (1870)
"spruce up.—If you get a moment to spare, spruce up ; put that gate on its hinges ;
put a little paint on the picket fence you built last year, trim up about ..."
5. The Old Shipmasters of Salem: With Mention of Eminent Merchants by Charles Edward Trow (1905)
"Being in Bombay, the port to which his cargo was consigned, he met two Salem
captains, one of whom remarked: "Captain Tucker, why don't you spruce up a ..."
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