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Meaning of spruce

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  spruce
      adj 1: marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper
             young man"; "a jaunty red hat" [syn: {dapper}, {dashing},
             {jaunty}, {natty}, {raffish}, {rakish}, {spiffy},
             {snappy}, {spruce}]
      n 1: light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used
           especially for timbers and millwork
      2: any coniferous tree of the genus Picea
      v 1: make neat, smart, or trim; "Spruce up your house for
           Spring"; "titivate the child" [syn: {spruce up}, {spruce},
           {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" [syn: {spruce up},
         {spruce}, {slick up}, {smarten up}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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