English adjective: spruce | |||
1. | spruce marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners | ||
Samples | A dapper young man. A jaunty red hat. | ||
Synonyms | dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, snappy, spiffy | ||
Similar | fashionable, stylish | ||
Antonyms | unfashionable, unstylish | ||
English noun: spruce | |||
1. | spruce (plant) light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork | ||
Broader (hypernym) | wood | ||
Substance meronym | spruce | ||
2. | spruce (plant) any coniferous tree of the genus Picea | ||
Broader (hypernym) | conifer, coniferous tree | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | black spruce, Brewer's spruce, Colorado blue spruce, Colorado spruce, eastern spruce, Engelmann spruce, Engelmann's spruce, Norway spruce, oriental spruce, Picea abies, Picea breweriana, Picea engelmannii, Picea glauca, Picea mariana, Picea obovata, Picea orientalis, Picea pungens, Picea rubens, Picea sitchensis, red spruce, Siberian spruce, silver spruce, Sitka spruce, spruce pine, weeping spruce, white spruce, yellow spruce | ||
Member meronym | genus Picea, Picea | ||
Substance holonym | spruce | ||
English verb: spruce | |||
1. | spruce (change) make neat, smart, or trim | ||
Samples | Spruce up your house for Spring. Titivate the child. | ||
Synonyms | slick up, smarten up, spiff up, spruce up, titivate, tittivate | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | beautify, embellish, fancify, prettify | ||
2. | spruce (body) dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion | ||
Samples | He spruced up for the party. | ||
Synonyms | slick up, smarten up, spruce up | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | groom, neaten | ||