Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - spruce
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Spruce
spruce
I. verb (~d; sprucing) Date: 1594 transitive verb to make ~ — often used with up intransitive verb to make oneself ~ ~ up a bit II. adjective (~r; ~st) Etymology: perhaps from obsolete English Spruce leather leather imported from Prussia Date: 1599 neat or smart in appearance ; trim • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun III. noun (plural ~s; also ~) Etymology: obsolete Spruce Prussia, from Middle English, alteration of Pruce, from Anglo-French Date: 1670 1. a. any of a genus (Picea) of evergreen trees of the pine family with a conical head of dense foliage, flat or 4-sided needles, pendulous cones, and soft light wood b. any of several coniferous trees (as Douglas fir) of similar habit 2. the wood of a ~
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1. adj. & v. --adj. neat in dress and appearance; trim, smart. --v.tr. & intr. (also refl.; usu. foll. by up) make or become smart. Derivatives sprucely adv. spruceness n. Etymology: perh. f. SPRUCE(2) in obs. sense 'Prussian', in the collocation spruce (leather) jerkin 2. n. 1 any coniferous tree of the genus Picea, with dense foliage growing in a distinctive conical shape. 2 the wood of this tree used as timber. Phrases and idioms spruce beer a fermented beverage using spruce twigs and needles as flavouring. Etymology: alt. of obs. Pruce Prussia: cf. PRUSSIAN 3. v. Brit. sl. 1 tr. deceive. 2 intr. lie, practise deception. 3 intr. evade a duty, malinger. Derivatives sprucer n. Etymology: 20th c.: orig. unkn. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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ель (Picea) – Alcock spruce – bigcone spruce – black spruce – blue spruce – Canadian spruce – Chinese spruce – Colorado spruce – common spruce – double spruce – eastern spruce – fir spruce – hemlock spruce – Himalayan spruce – Koyama spruce – Norway spruce – Oriental spruce – pine spruce – Quebec spruce – red spruce – rigertail spruce – Serbian spruce – Siberian spruce – Sikkim spruce – silver spruce – single spruce – Sitka spruce – skunk spruce – swamp spruce – tideland spruce – tigertail spruce – western spruce – white spruce ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. бот. ель (Picea gen.) spruce bark —- еловая кора 2. хвойное дерево 3. древесина хвойных деревьев 4. щеголеватый, нарядный, элегантный 5. чистенький, аккуратный 6. (также spruce up) разг. приводить в порядок; наводить блеск; наряжать to spruce up surrounding neighbourhood —- навести чистоту на близлежащих улицах 7. прихорашиваться, наводить красоту, принаряжаться the girls were all spruced up for the great occasion —- девушки принарядились для такого важного случая ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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I 1. adj. щеголеватый; элегантный, нарядный Syn: see stylish 2. v. 1) приводить в порядок (обыкн. spruce up); Would you like me to help you get all spruced up for the party? 2) принаряжаться II noun ель ...Англо-русский словарь
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(spruce, spruces, sprucing, spruced) 1. A spruce is a kind of evergreen tree. Trees such as spruce, pine and oak have been planted. ...a young blue spruce. ...80-year-old spruces. N-VAR • Spruce is the wood from this tree. Early settlers built frames of spruce, maple and pine. N-UNCOUNT 2. Someone who is spruce is very neat and smart in appearance. Chris was looking spruce in his stiff-collared black shirt and new short hair cut. ADJ ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~1 n a tree that grows in northern countries and has short leaves shaped like needles ~2 v spruce up phr v informal to make yourself or something look neater and tidier (I'll just go upstairs and spruce up a bit before dinner. | spruce sb/sth up) (We need to spruce the house up a bit before we sell it.) ~3 adj neat and clean (Mr Bailey was looking very spruce in a white linen suit.) - sprucely adv ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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