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    spruce - Dictionary definition and meaning for word spruce

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

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SPRUCE rhymes with CRUISE,TOM CRUISE who is NEAT AND TRIM IN APPEARANCE

++Imajeeth <br> It also sounds like: Bruce (Bruce Willis)

sounds like BRUCE WAYNE(BATMAN) who is always NEAT AND TRIM IN APPEARANCE when he is not in batman character

spruce = sp(special) + ruce (russian); special russian people are ways dressed with coat & tie which makes them very smart & aristocrat officers.

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