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spruce
Overview of noun spruce
The noun spruce has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
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)
Overview of verb spruce
The verb spruce has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
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")
Overview of adj spruce
The adj spruce has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
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")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun spruce
2 senses of spruce
Sense 1
spruce
=> wood
=> plant material
=> material, stuff
=> substance, matter
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
spruce
=> conifer, coniferous tree
=> gymnospermous tree
=> tree
=> woody plant, ligneous plant
=> vascular plant, tracheophyte
=> plant, flora, plant life
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun spruce
1 of 2 senses of spruce
Sense 2
spruce
=> Norway spruce, Picea abies
=> weeping spruce, Brewer's spruce, Picea breweriana
=> Engelmann spruce, Engelmann's spruce, Picea engelmannii
=> white spruce, Picea glauca
=> black spruce, Picea mariana, spruce pine
=> Siberian spruce, Picea obovata
=> Sitka spruce, Picea sitchensis
=> oriental spruce, Picea orientalis
=> Colorado spruce, Colorado blue spruce, silver spruce, Picea pungens
=> red spruce, eastern spruce, yellow spruce, Picea rubens
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun spruce
2 senses of spruce
Sense 1
spruce
=> wood
Sense 2
spruce
=> conifer, coniferous tree
Antonyms of noun spruce
Member Holonyms of noun spruce
1 of 2 senses of spruce
Sense 2
spruce
MEMBER OF: Picea, genus Picea
Substance Holonyms of noun spruce
1 of 2 senses of spruce
Sense 1
spruce
SUBSTANCE OF: spruce
Part Holonyms of noun spruce
Member Meronyms of noun spruce
Substance Meronyms of noun spruce
1 of 2 senses of spruce
Sense 2
spruce
HAS SUBSTANCE: spruce
Part Meronyms of noun spruce
Meronyms of noun spruce
1 of 2 senses of spruce
Sense 2
spruce
HAS SUBSTANCE: spruce
Holonyms of noun spruce
2 senses of spruce
Sense 1
spruce
SUBSTANCE OF: spruce
Sense 2
spruce
MEMBER OF: Picea, genus Picea
Attributes of noun spruce
Derived Forms of noun spruce
Domain of noun spruce
Domain Terms of noun spruce
Familiarity of noun spruce
spruce used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun spruce
2 senses of spruce
Sense 1
spruce
> wood
=> bentwood
=> pine
=> larch
=> fir
=> cedar, cedarwood
=> spruce
=> hemlock
=> cypress
=> redwood
=> sandarac, citronwood
=> kauri
=> yellowwood
=> yew
=> lancewood
=> tulipwood, true tulipwood, whitewood, white poplar, yellow poplar
=> zebrawood
=> cocuswood, cocoswood, granadilla wood
=> shittimwood
=> sabicu, sabicu wood
=> bamboo
=> tulipwood
=> balsa, balsa wood
=> silver quandong
=> obeche
=> basswood, linden
=> beefwood
=> briarwood, brierwood, brier-wood
=> beech, beechwood
=> chestnut
=> oak
=> birch
=> alder
=> hazel
=> olive
=> ash
=> ironwood
=> walnut
=> hickory
=> pecan
=> pyinma
=> gumwood, gum
=> eucalyptus
=> tupelo
=> poon
=> red lauan
=> elm, elmwood
=> brazilwood
=> locust
=> logwood
=> rosewood
=> kingwood
=> granadilla wood
=> blackwood
=> Panama redwood, quira
=> ruby wood, red sandalwood
=> black locust
=> cherry
=> fruitwood
=> lemonwood
=> incense wood
=> mahogany
=> satinwood
=> orangewood
=> citronwood
=> guaiac wood, guaiacum wood
=> lignum vitae, guaiac, guaiacum
=> poplar
=> sandalwood
=> boxwood, Turkish boxwood
=> maple
=> sumac
=> ebony
=> sycamore, lacewood
=> teak, teakwood
=> dogwood
=> sapwood
=> heartwood, duramen
=> burl
=> brushwood
=> cabinet wood
=> driftwood
=> log
=> matchwood
=> matchwood, splinters
=> sawdust
=> wicker
=> dyewood
=> hardwood
=> softwood, deal
=> raw wood
=> knot
Sense 2
spruce
> conifer, coniferous tree
=> pine, pine tree, true pine
=> larch, larch tree
=> golden larch, Pseudolarix amabilis
=> fir, fir tree, true fir
=> cedar, cedar tree, true cedar
=> spruce
=> hemlock, hemlock tree
=> douglas fir
=> Cathaya
=> cedar, cedar tree
=> cypress, cypress tree
=> King William pine, Athrotaxis selaginoides
=> metasequoia, dawn redwood, Metasequoia glyptostrodoides
=> arborvitae
=> keteleeria
=> Wollemi pine
=> araucaria
=> kauri pine, dammar pine
=> plum-yew
=> celery pine
=> podocarp
=> yacca, yacca podocarp, Podocarpus coriaceus
=> brown pine, Rockingham podocarp, Podocarpus elatus
=> cape yellowwood, African yellowwood, Podocarpus elongatus
=> totara, Podocarpus totara
=> kahikatea, New Zealand Dacryberry, New Zealand white pine, Dacrycarpus dacrydioides, Podocarpus dacrydioides
=> rimu, imou pine, red pine, Dacrydium cupressinum
=> tarwood, tar-wood, Dacrydium colensoi
=> common sickle pine, Falcatifolium falciforme
=> yellow-leaf sickle pine, Falcatifolium taxoides
=> tarwood, tar-wood, New Zealand mountain pine, Halocarpus bidwilli, Dacrydium bidwilli
=> westland pine, silver pine, Lagarostrobus colensoi
=> huon pine, Lagarostrobus franklinii, Dacrydium franklinii
=> nagi, Nageia nagi
=> miro, black pine, Prumnopitys ferruginea, Podocarpus ferruginea
=> matai, black pine, Prumnopitys taxifolia, Podocarpus spicata
=> plum-fruited yew, Prumnopitys andina, Prumnopitys elegans
=> Prince Albert yew, Prince Albert's yew, Saxe-gothea conspicua
=> Sundacarpus amara, Prumnopitys amara, Podocarpus amara
=> Japanese umbrella pine, Sciadopitys verticillata
=> yew
Meronyms of noun spruce
2 senses of spruce
Sense 1
spruce
=> wood
HAS SUBSTANCE: lignin
Sense 2
spruce
HAS SUBSTANCE: spruce
=> conifer, coniferous tree
HAS PART: cone, strobilus, strobile
=> gymnospermous tree
=> tree
HAS SUBSTANCE: sapwood
HAS SUBSTANCE: heartwood, duramen
HAS PART: stump, tree stump
HAS PART: crown, capitulum, treetop
HAS PART: limb, tree branch
HAS PART: trunk, tree trunk, bole
HAS PART: bark
HAS PART: burl
=> woody plant, ligneous plant
HAS SUBSTANCE: lignum
HAS PART: xylem
HAS PART: tracheid
=> vascular plant, tracheophyte
HAS PART: vascular system
HAS PART: vessel, vas
HAS PART: vascular tissue
HAS PART: duct
HAS PART: vascular tissue
=> plant, flora, plant life
HAS PART: plant part, plant structure
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Holonyms of noun spruce
2 senses of spruce
Sense 1
spruce
SUBSTANCE OF: spruce
Sense 2
spruce
MEMBER OF: Picea, genus Picea
MEMBER OF: Pinaceae, family Pinaceae, pine family
MEMBER OF: Coniferales, order Coniferales
MEMBER OF: Coniferopsida, class Coniferopsida, Coniferophytina, subdivision Coniferophytina, Coniferophyta
MEMBER OF: Gymnospermae, class Gymnospermae, Gymnospermophyta, division Gymnospermophyta
MEMBER OF: Spermatophyta, division Spermatophyta
MEMBER OF: Plantae, kingdom Plantae, plant kingdom
Grep of noun spruce
big-cone spruce
black spruce
brewer's spruce
colorado blue spruce
colorado spruce
douglas spruce
eastern spruce
engelmann's spruce
engelmann spruce
norway spruce
oriental spruce
red spruce
siberian spruce
silver spruce
sitka spruce
spruce
spruce bark beetle
spruce beer
spruce gall aphid
spruce grouse
spruce pine
spruce squirrel
spruceness
weeping spruce
white spruce
yellow spruce
Antonyms of verb spruce
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb spruce
2 senses of spruce
Sense 1
spruce up, spruce, titivate, tittivate, smarten up, slick up, spiff up
=> fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 2
spruce up, spruce, slick up, smarten up
=> groom, neaten
=> fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb spruce
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb spruce
2 senses of spruce
Sense 1
spruce up, spruce, titivate, tittivate, smarten up, slick up, spiff up
=> fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify
Sense 2
spruce up, spruce, slick up, smarten up
=> groom, neaten
'Cause To' of verb spruce
Derived Forms of verb spruce
Domain of verb spruce
Domain Terms of verb spruce
Familiarity of verb spruce
spruce used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb spruce
2 senses of spruce
Sense 1
spruce up, spruce, titivate, tittivate, smarten up, slick up, spiff up
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
spruce up, spruce, slick up, smarten up
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb spruce
2 senses of spruce
Sense 1
spruce up, spruce, titivate, tittivate, smarten up, slick up, spiff up
> fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify
=> groom, neaten
=> dress, groom, curry
=> dress up, window-dress
=> spruce up, spruce, titivate, tittivate, smarten up, slick up, spiff up
=> polish, smooth, smoothen, shine
=> become, suit
Sense 2
spruce up, spruce, slick up, smarten up
> groom, neaten
=> cleanse, clean
=> shave
=> comb, comb out, disentangle
=> dress, arrange, set, do, coif, coiffe, coiffure
=> mousse, gel
=> pomade
=> clean up
=> make up
=> manicure
=> barber
=> pedicure
=> doll up, do up, pretty up, glam up
=> spruce up, spruce, slick up, smarten up
=> perfume, scent
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb spruce
Sense 1
spruce up, spruce, titivate, tittivate, smarten up, slick up, spiff up
=> fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify
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Sense 2
spruce up, spruce, slick up, smarten up
=> groom, neaten
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Grep of verb spruce
spruce
spruce up
Antonyms of adj spruce
1 sense of spruce
Sense 1
dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, snappy, spruce
INDIRECT (VIA fashionable) -> unfashionable, unstylish
Similarity of adj spruce
1 sense of spruce
Sense 1
dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, snappy, spruce
=> fashionable (vs. unfashionable), stylish
Pertainyms of adj spruce
Attributes of adj spruce
Domain of adj spruce
Domain Terms of adj spruce
Familiarity of adj spruce
spruce used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Grep of adj spruce
spruce
spruced up
Grep of adv spruce
sprucely
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