Found 2 items, similar to Sprucing.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: spruce
spruce
adj : marked by smartness in dress and manners;
“a dapper young
man”;
“a jaunty red hat” [syn:
dapper,
dashing,
jaunty,
natty,
raffish,
rakish,
smart,
spiffy,
snappy]
spruce
v 1: make neat, smart, or trim;
“Spruce up your house for
Spring”;
“titivate the child” [syn:
spruce up,
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,
slick up,
smarten up]
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
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Sprucing
Spruce
\Spruce\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Spruced (spr[udd]st); p.
pr. & vb. n.
Sprucing (spr[udd]"s[i^]ng).]
To dress with affected neatness; to trim; to make spruce; --
often used with up; as, to spruce up the house for Company.
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