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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024spruce1 /sprus/USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biology[countable] a tree of the pine family, having short, angled, needle-shaped leaves.
- Plant Biology[countable] a related tree, such as the Douglas fir.
- [uncountable] the wood of any of these trees.
spruce2 /sprus/USA pronunciation adj., spruc•er, spruc•est, v., spruced, spruc•ing. adj. - trim or smart in appearance;
neat;
tidy.
v. - to make (oneself or something else) trim or tidy: [~ + up + object]Let me spruce up the apartment.[~ + object + up]Let's spruce the place up with some new flowers.[~ + up]Let me just spruce up before your parents arrive.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024spruce1 (spro̅o̅s),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologyany evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Picea, of the pine family, having short, angular, needle-shaped leaves attached singly around twigs and bearing hanging cones with persistent scales.
- Plant Biologyany of various allied trees, as the Douglas fir and the hemlock spruce.
- the wood of any such tree.
adj. - made from the wood of a spruce tree or trees.
- containing or abounding in spruce trees.
- Medieval Latin Prussia Prussia, whence the timber came
- Old French Pruce
- Middle English, special use of Spruce, sandhi variant of Pruce 1350–1400
adj. - trim in dress or appearance;
neat;
smart;
dapper.
v.t. - to make spruce or smart (often fol. by up):Spruce up the children before the company comes.
v.i. - to make oneself spruce (usually fol. by up).
- obsolete spruce jerkin origin, originally, jerkin made of spruce leather, i.e., leather imported from Prussia (see spruce1), hence fine, smart, etc. 1580–90
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