Definition of Spruce

Adjective: spruce (sprucer,sprucest)  sproos

  1. Marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
    "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

See also:
sprouts
spruced

Anagrams containing the word spruce

superc espruc cespru ucespr rucesp pruces