spruce

noun

/spruːs/

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[countable, uncountable] an evergreen forest tree with leaves like needlesTopics Plants and treesc2
[uncountable] the soft wood of the spruce, used, for example, in making paper

Word Originnoun late Middle English (denoting Prussia or something originating in Prussia): alteration of obsolete Pruce ‘Prussia’. The application to the tree dates from the early 17th cent.

spruce

verb

/spruːs/

Word Originverb late 16th cent.: perhaps from spruce (noun) in the obsolete sense ‘Prussian’, in the phrase spruce (leather) jerkin.

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they spruce	/spruːs/ /spruːs/
he / she / it spruces	/ˈspruːsɪz/ /ˈspruːsɪz/
past simple spruced	/spruːst/ /spruːst/
past participle spruced	/spruːst/ /spruːst/
-ing form sprucing	/ˈspruːsɪŋ/ /ˈspruːsɪŋ/

Phrasal Verbs

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spruce

adjective

/spruːs/

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(of people or places) neat and clean in appearance
Word Originadjective late 16th cent.: perhaps from spruce (noun) in the obsolete sense ‘Prussian’, in the phrase spruce (leather) jerkin.

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