'spruce up' definitions:
Definition of 'spruce up'
(from WordNet)
verb
Make neat, smart, or trim; "Spruce up your house for Spring"; "titivate the child" [syn: spruce up, spruce, titivate, tittivate, smarten up, slick up, spiff up]
verb
Dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion; "He spruced up for the party" [syn: spruce up, spruce, slick up, smarten up]
Synonyms of 'spruce up'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adorn,
- array,
- beautify,
- bedeck,
- bedizen,
- blazon,
- brighten up,
- brush up,
- clean up,
- clear the decks,
- clear up,
- color,
- dandify,
- deck,
- deck out,
- decorate,
- dizen,
- doll up,
- dress,
- dress up,
- embellish,
- emblazon,
- embroider,
- enrich,
- fancy up,
- fig out,
- fix,
- fix up,
- freshen,
- furbish,
- furbish up,
- garnish,
- get up,
- grace,
- groom,
- gussy up,
- neaten,
- ornament,
- overdress,
- paint,
- police,
- police up,
- polish,
- polish up,
- prank,
- prank up,
- preen,
- prettify,
- pretty up,
- primp,
- primp up,
- prink,
- prink up,
- put in trim,
- rag out,
- redecorate,
- redo,
- refurbish,
- renovate,
- repair,
- retouch,
- revive,
- rub up,
- set off,
- set out,
- shine,
- slick up,
- smarten,
- smarten up,
- spruce,
- straighten up,
- tidy,
- tidy up,
- titivate,
- tone up,
- touch up,
- trick out,
- trick up,
- trig up,
- trim,
- trim up,
- vamp,
- vamp up
Words containing 'spruce up'
- Spruce,
- Spruced,
- Sprucely,
- Spruceness,
- Sprucing,
- spruced up,
- Douglas spruce,
- Essence of spruce,
- Hemlock spruce,
- Spruce Pine,
- Spruce beer,
- Spruce grouse,
- Spruce leather,
- Spruce partridge,
- White spruce,
- black spruce,
- brewer's spruce,
- colorado spruce,
- eastern spruce,
- engelmann spruce,
- engelmann's spruce,
- norway spruce,
- oriental spruce,
- red spruce,
- siberian spruce,
- silver spruce,
- sitka spruce,
- spruce squirrel,
- weeping spruce,
- yellow spruce,
- Spruce Pine, NC,
- colorado blue spruce,
- spruce bark beetle,
- spruce gall aphid,
- Samsula-Spruce Creek,
- big-cone spruce,
- Samsula-Spruce Creek, FL,
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