Main entry: spruce
Definition: any coniferous tree of the genus Picea
Main entry: spruce
Definition: light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork
Main entry: spruce, spruce up, slick up, smarten up
Definition: dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion
Usage: He spruced up for the party
Main entry: titivate, tittivate, spiff up, spruce, spruce up, slick up, smarten up
Definition: make neat, smart, or trim
Usage: Spruce up your house for Spring; titivate the child
Main entry: dapper, dashing, snappy, spiffy, spruce, raffish, rakish, jaunty, natty
Definition: marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
Usage: a dapper young man; a jaunty red hat