1. (

• spruce ,

) light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork ;

2. (

• spruce

) any coniferous tree of the genus Picea ;

1. (

• spruce_up ,
• spruce ,
• titivate ,
• tittivate ,
• smarten_up ,
• slick_up ,
• spiff_up

) make neat, smart, or trim; "Spruce up your house for Spring"; "titivate the child" ;

2. (

• spruce_up ,
• spruce ,
• slick_up ,
• smarten_up

) dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion; "He spruced up for the party" ;

1. (

• dapper ,
• dashing ,
• jaunty ,
• natty ,
• raffish ,
• rakish ,
• spiffy ,
• snappy ,
• spruce

) marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat" ;