spruce
spruce is a 6-letter English word with 12 senses as adjective, noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Any coniferous tree of the genus Picea, as the Norway spruce (P. excelsa), and the white and black spruces of America (P. alba and P. nigra), besides several others in the far Northwest. See Picea. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adjective. Any coniferous tree of the genus Picea, as the Norway spruce (P. excelsa), and the white and black spruces of America (P. alba and P. nigra), besides several others in the far Northwest. See Picea.
- adjective. The wood or timber of the spruce tree.
- adjective. Prussia leather; pruce.
- noun. Neat, without elegance or dignity; -- formerly applied to things with a serious meaning; now chiefly applied to persons.
- noun. Sprightly; dashing.
- transitive verb. To dress with affected neatness; to trim; to make spruce.
- intransitive verb. To dress one's self with affected neatness; as, to spruce up.
- noun. any coniferous tree of the genus Picea
- noun. light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork
- verb. dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion
"He spruced up for the party"
- verb. make neat, smart, or trim
"Spruce up your house for Spring"
"titivate the child"
- adjective. marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
"a dapper young man"
"a jaunty red hat"
Synonyms
titivate, tittivate, dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, snappy, spiffy
Common word forms
spruced, sprucer, spruces, sprucely, sprucest, sprucing, spruceness
Words from these letters
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