spruce

spruce
I [spruːs]
nome
1) (anche spruce tree) picea f., abete m.
2) (wood) bosco m. di abeti, abetaia f.
II [spruːs]
aggettivo [person] ordinato, agghindato; [clothes] impeccabile, elegante; [house] lindo, tirato a lucido; [garden] ordinato, curato
III [spruːs]
verbo transitivo spruce up
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I [spru:s] adjective
(neat and smart: You're looking very spruce today.)
II [spru:s] noun
(a tree with leaves like needles that grows in northern regions.)
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I [spruːs] n
Bot abete m

Norway spruce — abete norvegese or rosso

II [spruːs] adj
(outfit) elegante, (lawn) curato (-a), (person) azzimato (-a)
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spruce (1) /spru:s/
a.
attillato; azzimato; elegante; lindo
sprucely avv. spruceness n. [u]. spruce (2) /spru:s/
n.
1 (bot., Picea) picea; abete rosso
2 [u] abete rosso (il legno).
(to) spruce /spru:s/
v. t.
(fam., spec. to spruce up) attillare; azzimare; agghindare
● to spruce (oneself) up, agghindarsi; attillarsi; mettersi in ghingheri; farsi bello (fam.).
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I [spruːs]
nome
1) (anche spruce tree) picea f., abete m.
2) (wood) bosco m. di abeti, abetaia f.
II [spruːs]
aggettivo [person] ordinato, agghindato; [clothes] impeccabile, elegante; [house] lindo, tirato a lucido; [garden] ordinato, curato
III [spruːs]
verbo transitivo spruce up

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  • Spruce — (spr[udd]s), n. [OE. Spruce or Pruse, Prussia, Prussian. So named because it was first known as a native of Prussia, or because its sprouts were used for making, spruce beer. Cf. Spruce beer, below, {Spruce}, a.] 1. (Bot.) Any coniferous tree of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Spruce — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Richard Spruce (1817–1893), englischer Botaniker und Naturforscher Spruce bezeichnet folgende Orte in den Vereinigten Staaten Spruce (Michigan) Spruce (Nevada) Spruce (Wisconsin) Spruce Island, Insel des… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • spruce — ● spruce nom masculin (anglais spruce, sapin) Bois de certains épicéas d Amérique du Nord. ⇒SPRUCE, subst. masc. BOT. Épicéa d Amérique du Nord. Des pins rachitiques, de l espèce appelée spruce par les Anglais (CHATEAUBR., Mél. littér., 1826, p.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Spruce — (spr[udd]s), a. [Compar. {Sprucer} (spr[udd] s[ e]r); superl. {Sprucest} (spr[udd] s[e^]st).] [Perhaps fr. spruce a sort of leather from Prussia, which was an article of finery. See {Spruce}, n.] 1. Neat, without elegance or dignity; smart; trim; …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • spruce — ‘neat’ [16] and spruce the tree [17] are completely different words, of course, but they could have a common origin – in Spruce, the old English name for Prussia. Spruce the tree was originally the spruce fir, literally the ‘Prussian fir’. And it …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • spruce — ‘neat’ [16] and spruce the tree [17] are completely different words, of course, but they could have a common origin – in Spruce, the old English name for Prussia. Spruce the tree was originally the spruce fir, literally the ‘Prussian fir’. And it …   Word origins

  • spruce — Ⅰ. spruce [1] ► ADJECTIVE ▪ neat and smart. ► VERB (spruce up) ▪ make smarter. ORIGIN perhaps from SPRUCE(Cf. ↑spruce) in the obsolete sense Prussian , in the phrase spruce leather jerkin. Ⅱ …   English terms dictionary

  • spruce — spruce1 [spro͞os] n. [ME Spruce, for Pruce, Prussia < OFr < ML Prussia: prob. because the tree was first known as a native of Prussia] 1. any of a genus (Picea) of evergreen trees of the pine family, having slender needles that are rhombic… …   English World dictionary

  • Spruce — Spruce, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spruced} (spr[udd]st); p. pr. & vb. n. {Sprucing} (spr[udd] s[i^]ng).] To dress with affected neatness; to trim; to make spruce; often used with up; as, to spruce up the house for Company. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Spruce — Spruce, v. i. To dress one s self with affected neatness; as, to spruce up. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • spruce up — (someone/something) to improve the appearance of someone or something. She needed to spruce up her image so she bought tons of new clothes and got a great new hairstyle. The city has to spruce itself up for the Olympics next year …   New idioms dictionary

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