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spruce
01
smart, stylish, and well-groomed in appearance
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
qualitative
Superlative
sprucest
Comparative
sprucer
gradable
Examples
He looked spruce in his tailored suit.
Spruce
01
a type of evergreen conifer tree with needle‑like leaves and cones, belonging to the genus Picea
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Simple
Countable
Plural form
spruces
Examples
A tall spruce shaded the cabin from the summer sun.
1.1
the pale, lightweight, and moderately strong timber obtained from spruce trees, often used in construction and carpentry
Examples
The carpenter chose spruce for the window frames.
to spruce
01
to dress and groom oneself with special care, often for an event or occasion
Intransitive: to spruce
Transitive: to spruce oneself
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
spruce
3rd person singular
spruces
Present participle
sprucing
Past simple
spruced
Past participle
spruced
Examples
He spruced himself before the wedding reception.
02
to make something neat, tidy, and visually appealing
Transitive: to spruce sth
Examples
They spruced the garden before guests arrived.
Lexical Tree
sprucely
spruceness
spruce
