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spruce

adjective
  1. marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
    jaunty
noun
  1. any coniferous tree of the genus Picea
  2. light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees
verb
  1. dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion
    “We spruced up for the party.”
    spruce upslick upsmarten up
  2. make neat, smart, or trim
    spruce upslick upsmarten uptitivatetittivatespiff up