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sprucing

sprucing is the present participle and gerund 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 sprucing

Questions about sprucing

What is sprucing the present participle and gerund of?
Sprucing is the present participle and gerund of spruce.

Words near sprucing in the dictionary

  1. sprucification
  2. sprucified
  3. sprucifies
  4. sprucify
  5. sprucifying
  6. sprucing
  7. sprucing up
  8. sprucy
  9. sprue
  10. sprue asparagus
  11. sprue goo

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