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spruced

spruced is the simple past and past participle of spruce.

Meaning of spruce

Verb

spruce (third-person singular simple present spruces, present participle sprucing, simple past and past participle spruced)

  1. (usually, with-up) To arrange neatly; tidy up.
  2. (ambitransitive, usually, with-up) To make oneself spruce (neat and elegant in appearance).
  3. To tease.

See all 14 meanings of spruce

Phrases with spruced

Questions about spruced

What is spruced the simple past and past participle of?
Spruced is the simple past and past participle of spruce.

Words near spruced in the dictionary

  1. spruce siskin
  2. spruce siskins
  3. spruce tip
  4. spruce tips
  5. spruce up
  6. spruced
  7. spruced up
  8. spruceless
  9. sprucely
  10. sprucen
  11. sprucen up

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